This study records and documents the gradual development of the flora and avifauna within the Goldene Aue special site on Sophienhöhe heights. The collected data provides a detailed overview of the occurring range of species and serves as the basis for protection and promotion measures in recultivation.
A concept for the Elsbachsteig nature trail (link to page) was developed in this project to make the recultivated area in the Elsbachtal in Garzweiler accessible for the public to experience.
We describe the results of our projects under the RWE biodiversity strategy in detail in our annual reports. Target species studies were conducted in 2021 on the brown hare, corn bunting, wild bees, moths, bats, yellow bellied toad and agile frog.
An integrated approach for networking forest ecosystems in the Rhenish mining area was developed in this project. The European wildcat was chosen as the target species for this approach and appropriate measures were proposed.
All bird of prey species occurring in the Garzweiler recultivated area were mapped in this project. The collected data provides a detailed overview of the occurring range of species and serves as the basis for protection and promotion measures in recultivation.
A methodology for deadwood monitoring was developed in this project to improve the measurability of measures for the target species group of woodpeckers. The proposed methodology is a process that serves as the basis for further adaptations.
We describe the results of our projects under the RWE biodiversity strategy in detail in our annual reports. Target species studies were conducted in 2020 on the brown hare, woodpeckers, bats, moths, sand lizard, dragonflies, yellow bellied toad and agile frog.
A catalogue of measures defining possible technical measures for the improvement or new creation of habitats was developed in this project. This overview serves as the basis for protection and promotion measures under the RWE biodiversity strategy.
This study examined the functions of inner forest edges on the recultivated Sophienhöhe to obtain insights regarding the ideal design of inner forest edges for the fauna and its networking requirements.
This study conducted extensive investigations on the significance of special agricultural structures for biodiversity on the basis of select insect groups in the Garzweiler recultivated area. The collected data serves as the basis for protection and promotion measures in recultivation.
The possibility of optimising the opencast mining planning steps under consideration of species protection concerns was examined in this project. This resulted in a concept of technical measures to design a sand martin breeding habitat in the recultivated area.
A sustainable approach for post-mine recreational and relaxation use on Sophienhöhe heights in the form of a nature trail (link to page) was developed in this project.
This project examines and compares partial areas of preferred habitat and usage types using three bird species as examples on three different old recultivation areas in Garzweiler and a reference site in the pre-mining area.
This study investigated the fauna in representative bodies of water in the entire Rhenish lignite mining area to provide even better and more differentiated proof of the ecological importance of recultivated bodies of water.
This study recorded habitat types as well as plant and animal species of select groups on special sites in the Rhenish mining area to gain insights regarding the colonisation of the special sites and to derive corresponding maintenance measures.
Based on the 2009 study of bird species typical for mature forests, this study examined the occurrence and habitat use of cave-dwelling forest bats in the southern part of the mining area.
This study examined the fauna of the newly created riverbed of the Inde and interpreted the findings in reference to results from 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008.
Woodpeckers and birds of prey in the southern part of the mining area 2009
This study examined species of woodpeckers and birds of prey in the forty to eighty-year-old recultivated southern part of the mining area to determine the extent to which the recultivated forest areas in the Rhenish lignite mining area provide a replacement habitat for the species of older forests.
