Brandenburg's environmental policy in crisis: less protection, more conflicts!

Brandenburg's environmental policy in crisis: less protection, more conflicts!

Märkisch-Oderland, Deutschland - in Brandenburg it rumbles tremendously in terms of environmental and nature conservation. Environmental and nature conservation associations are concerned about the current developments under the state government, which is made up of SPD and BSW. In particular, a decline in sustainability policy is determined, as reported on rbb24 . The critical voices include personalities such as Ortwin Renn, who demands a new reflection on more sustainability.

Franziska Sperfeld, the state chairman of the federal government, notes that it is becoming increasingly difficult to place environmental issues in parliaments. This has serious consequences, because the absence of the alliance green and the left in the state parliament makes the spread of environmental lounger enormously difficult. Björn Ellner, state chairman of NABU, even speaks of an "authorities ping-pong" and the difficulties of anchoring important topics in political discourse.

cutting of the ministries and effects

The organizational integration of the Ministry of Climate Protection into the Economic, Labor and Energy Ministry also has negative consequences. Many environmental projects, such as a bog protection project in Märkisch-Oderland and Barnim, are on the brink or have even been stopped. Anja Hänel from the VCD also warns about future mobility in Brandenburg, after the newly appointed Minister of Transport by BSW has announced that it can reduce train connections on certain regional train lines. While the SPD rejects the allegations of a returning environmental policy and emphasizes that it wants to work alongside the citizens, the criticism of the associations sounds unmistakable.

In addition, the upcoming annual reception of the nature conservation associations in Potsdam causes a stir. The focus is on changes in the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Consumer Protection. Hanka Mittelstädt and Gregor Beyer have introduced a new line in the Ministry, which is particularly controversial in rural areas. Björn Ellner also draws attention to the critical situation of wildlife management, since new hunting rights regulations take responsibility for wolf and beavers on the agenda

an advisory board for sustainability?

Another exciting topic is the advisory board for sustainable development, which was launched in February 2021 by Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke to support the state government in implementing a sustainable strategy. This advisory board could play an important role in the current situation in order to promote the dialogue between different actors and to promote the sustainability goals vigorously, which is particularly necessary in the 7th legislative period, as is urgently necessary, as on can be read.