Overview

• The Environment Authority reports meeting nearly all goals of the 2019 ‘Vertrag für Hamburgs Stadtgrün’, including designating 38 nature reserves on about 7,800 hectares to surpass the 10% threshold
• An AI-driven sealing monitoring system logged a 31% land-sealing rate for 2020 and is set to release its 2022 analysis by next year
• The Hamburg Senate has rolled out a district-level ‘Erhaltungsmanagement Grün’ pilot in Bergedorf to digitize planning and financing of green-space upkeep
• The CDU faction warns of a projected 35% shortfall in funds for green-space maintenance and criticizes the current budget as insufficient
• Naturschutzbund Deutschland praises the expansion of protected areas but cautions that forest quality outside those reserves is declining