Environment Minister - Eder: State hunting law still needs time
Following the heated debate on the amendment to the state hunting law for Rhineland-Palatinate, it will be some time before an amended draft is presented. "We have adapted the procedure," Environment Minister Katrin Eder (Greens) told the German Press Agency in Mainz. All comments received from institutions and associations are currently being examined and evaluated, after which a dialog with them will resume. "Thoroughness takes precedence over speed."
She would not be concerned with individual terms, said Eder. Whether the law refers to a district hunting advisor or a district hunting master in the future is not the decisive factor. However, she would stick to the goal of forest renewal in the wake of climate change. "All sides have red lines that now need to be balanced," said Eder. "We also have red lines and we agree in the state government that the law will be changed in the process." The specialist department in her ministry will now talk to all associations again. It is not yet possible to predict when a new draft will be published.
"Of course, not everyone will be completely happy in the end," said Eder. "But then we may have found a middle ground." She was aware that it was so difficult to change a hunting law, but she was surprised by the intensity of the debate. The fact that such a project had not succeeded in Brandenburg, for example, and that such a law had even been "reversed" in North Rhine-Westphalia, also showed that it was difficult.
The Minister emphasized that it was right that a broad dialogue took place in Rhineland-Palatinate right from the start. "We then wrote down the experience from the evaluation process and poured it directly into a draft law. That's when we should have done the loop we're doing now." The new regulation on water abstraction charges, for example, according to which agriculture and forestry must now also pay for the abstraction of groundwater and surface water, was handled in this way and was therefore more widely accepted.
Information on the government draft
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- The debate on the amendment to the Rhineland-Palatinate hunting law has also sparked interest in other German states, such as Brandenburg, where attempts to change the law have failed and even resulted in a reversal of the previous regulations.
- In addition to the hunting law, Environment Minister Katrin Eder is also focusing on environmental issues, such as the renewal of forests in response to climate change, which she considers a crucial goal.
- The novel approach of involving all relevant institutions and associations in the drafting of the Rhineland-Palatinate hunting law has attracted praise from animal rights organizations, who see this as an important step towards a more inclusive and compassionate approach to wildlife management.
- In a recent interview with the German Press Agency in Mainz, Eder expressed her hope that the new hunting law will strike a balance between the needs of hunters and the protection of wildlife, ensuring a sustainable and humane approach to hunting in Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Environmental groups and animal rights organizations are calling for the state government to take a more proactive approach to wildlife conservation, highlighting the importance of nature and biodiversity in Rhineland-Palatinate and the need for a holistic approach to environmental and animal welfare policies.
Source: www.stern.de
