Eco-points and compensation areas
District of München
Immediately available eco-points from authority-recognised eco-accounts. greeNature is your full-service partner for compensation according to BayKompV in the Munich hinterland and Isar valley, from demand analysis to permanent land securing.
The District of München at a glance
The district of Munich is Bavaria's most populous district and surrounds in a ring shape the independent state capital Munich, where the District Office is also located. It belongs to the administrative region Upper Bavaria, is divided into 29 municipalities and is traversed by the Isar in south-north direction. As the economically strongest region in the Free State, it is under particularly high settlement and land pressure.
Landscape-wise, the district is predominantly located in the Munich Shale Plain, a Würm ice-age sandur and lower terrace landscape made of calcareous river shales. Towards the south, the plain rises gently to the terminal moraines of the Alpine foothills, whilst towards the north it drops to the groundwater-near lowland moorland. At the north edge, the moorland belts of Dachauer, Freising and Erding Moos come to the surface, where groundwater emerges close to the surface. The Isar has cut itself into the shales in a broad box valley.
Ecologically defining are the Isar floodplains with their calcareous grasslands, heat-loving grasslands protected as a natural forest and in the FFH area Isar floodplains from Unterföhring to Landshut and home to heat-loving to alpine driftwood species. In addition, there are lowland moorland remnants in the Dachauer Moos with one of the most significant occurrences of the Hairy Dragonfly. In the district, ten FFH areas and one bird protection area (SPA) are designated as part of the European Natura 2000 network.
The economic pressure regularly creates substantial compensation requirements according to BayKompV. Residential and commercial areas in the Munich hinterland, the expansion of transport axes (A8, A9, A94, A99, S-Bahn), the research and technology locations around Garching, as well as a dense network of deep geothermal energy plants regularly trigger impacts that must be compensated by compensation and replacement measures.
🗺️ Associated natural regions
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🌿 Ecological features
- FFH area Isar floodplains from Unterföhring to Landshut (7537-301) with floodplain forests and Isar heat-loving grasslands
- Natural forest floodplain forests on the middle Isar
- FFH area ditches and lowland moorland remnants in the Dachauer Moos (7734-301) with large occurrence of Hairy Dragonfly
- Isar heat-loving grasslands, calcareous grasslands with heat-loving and partly alpine driftwood species
- Dachauer, Freising and Erding Moos, groundwater-near lowland moorland remnants on the north edge of the shale plain
- Ten FFH areas and one bird protection area (SPA) in the district, plus several nature reserves such as the Deininger Moor
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature develops and manages compensation areas and eco-accounts in the district of Munich according to the Bavarian Compensation Regulation (BayKompV). We know the natural region focuses of the Munich Shale Plain, from the Isar floodplains with their heat-loving grasslands via the lowland moorland remnants of the moorland belts to the cleared arable land of the plain, and coordinate measures so that they are technically appropriate for natural region D65 and can be coordinated with the Lower Nature Conservation Authority (Untere Naturschutzbehörde) at the District Office Munich. From land acquisition via planning to permanent securing, management and monitoring, we accompany project developers, municipalities and land owners throughout the district.
Typical measures in the district of München
Isar floodplains and watercourse restoration
Revitalisation of floodplain forests, oxbows and bank structures along the middle Isar, restoration of dynamic habitats for fish, kingfisher and floodplain-typical species.
Heat-loving grassland and calcareous grassland care
Preservation and development of calcareous Isar heat-loving grasslands through clearing, mowing and grazing, habitat for heat-loving insects, rare plants and the sand lizard.
Lowland moorland revitalisation
Rewetting and extensification in the Dachauer, Freising and Erding Moos, raising groundwater levels in favour of meadow-breeding birds and the Hairy Dragonfly.
Forest conversion and floodplain forest development
Conversion of spruce-dominated forests into site-appropriate deciduous mixed and floodplain forests, increasing structure and climate stability in the Isar slope forests.
Hedgerows and habitat network
Creation of hedgerows, field woodlands and stepping-stone habitats in the cleared arable landscape of the shale plain, networking of habitats for field birds and wild bees.
Species protection CEF and FCS
Advance measures for sand lizard on railway embankments and gravel areas, kingfisher cliff banks on the Isar, as well as bat roosts, tailored according to BayKompV.
Protected species in the Munich hinterland and Isar valley
Kingfisher
The kingfisher finds steep banks and clean watercourses on the structured banks of the Isar. It is protected under Annex I of the Birds Directive, typical CEF measures are constructed steep banks and near-natural riverbank cliffs.
About this species ›Sand lizard
The sand lizard is widespread on dry, warm heat-loving grasslands, railway embankments and gravel areas of the shale plain. It is one of the frequently affected species in impacts for which advance CEF measures are necessary under § 44 BNatSchG.
About this species ›Northern lapwing and meadow-breeding birds
In the wet lowland moorland meadows of the Dachauer and Erding Moos, northern lapwing and other meadow-breeding birds breed. Extensification and rewetting of grassland are effective compensation measures here.
About this species ›Great crested newt and amphibians
Groundwater-near ditches, small water bodies and moorland remnants provide suitable habitats for great crested newt, tree frog and yellow-bellied toad. Newly constructed, fish-free small water bodies are typical measures in the Munich hinterland.
About this species ›Bats
Floodplain forests, settlement margins and old tree stands serve species such as greater mouse-eared bat and common pipistrelle as hunting grounds and roosts. Roost provision and structured woodlands secure their functional spaces.
About this species ›Skylark
On the wide arable fields of the shale plain, the skylark is a characteristic and equally declining breeding bird. Lark windows, flower strips and extensive field margins improve its habitat.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Settlement and commercial development
The high housing pressure in the Munich hinterland leads to continuous residential and commercial area designations in towns such as Unterschleißheim, Garching and Unterhaching. Every new sealing triggers compensation and replacement obligations according to BayKompV.
Traffic infrastructure
Expansion and upgrade of motorways A8, A9, A94 and A99, S-Bahn expansion, as well as bypasses and rapid cycle routes generate substantial compensation requirements in the densely developed district.
Energy and geothermal energy
The district of Munich is a focus area for deep geothermal energy with facilities in, amongst others, Unterhaching, Sauerlach, Dürrnhaar and Grünwald. Drilling sites, pipeline routes and freestanding photovoltaic areas require nature conservation compensation.
Science and technology locations
The Garching research campus and commercial and business parks in Ismaning, Aschheim and Unterföhring are growing continuously. Extensions and new buildings regularly lead to impacts on nature and landscape.
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Coordination with authorities
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Long-term monitoring
Permanent securing of the land, management and documentation across the contract term.
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