Eco-points and compensation areas
District of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Eco-points immediately available from officially recognised eco-accounts. greeNature solutions supports your compensation under the Rhineland-Palatinate Landeskompensationsverordnung (LKompVO) in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, nationwide and as a full-service partner.
The District of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis at a glance
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis lies in the Vorderpfalz between the Rhine to the east and the Haardtrand to the west, and forms a ring around the independent city of Ludwigshafen. The seat of the district administration is Ludwigshafen am Rhein, which as an independent city does not itself belong to the district. The largest town within the district is Schifferstadt. The district is part of the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region and one of the most populous districts in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The landscape is shaped by the largely flat Vorderpfälzer Tiefland with fertile loess soils, which merges eastwards into the Rheinniederung. Thanks to a mild climate and intensive agriculture with vegetable and root crop cultivation, the region is regarded as one of the most productive growing areas in Germany (the vegetable garden of Germany). In the Rheinniederung, arable fields alternate with remnants of floodplain woodland and Altrhein arms.
Ecologically significant are the Pfälzische Rheinauen with their Altrhein arms, softwood and hardwood floodplain forests, and the Mechtersheimer Tongruben created by mineral extraction. Around 7,400 hectares of the district, about a quarter of its area, are protected as Natura 2000 sites, including the Rheinniederung Germersheim-Speyer FFH site and the Berghausener und Lingenfelder Altrhein special protection area with the Flotzgrün island.
As a densely developed area bordering the chemical and industrial city of Ludwigshafen, the district regularly generates a compensation requirement. Commercial and logistics developments, transport projects, residential development and mineral extraction trigger impacts under §§ 13 to 15 BNatSchG. The assessment is based on the Landeskompensationsverordnung (LKompVO). Advance measures can be recognised through an eco-account and used as eco-points.
🗺️ Associated natural regions
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🌿 Ecological features
- Pfälzische Rheinauen with Altrhein arms, ranking among the most species-rich ecosystems in Central Europe in terms of flora and fauna
- Rheinniederung Germersheim-Speyer FFH site (6716-301) with extensive floodplain woodland
- Berghausener und Lingenfelder Altrhein special protection area with Flotzgrün island (6716-402)
- Mechtersheimer Tongruben, an important resting and wintering site for waders and waterfowl
- Around 7,400 hectares of Natura 2000 area (about a quarter of the district)
- Softwood and hardwood floodplain forests, among the rarest woodland formations in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Sandy blown-sand sites providing habitat for heat-loving species such as the sand lizard
✅ greeNature on the ground
greeNature works nationwide and is familiar with the responsible authorities and nature conservation law in Rhineland-Palatinate. From land selection through recognition in an eco-account to implementation under the Landeskompensationsverordnung (LKompVO), we support your compensation project in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis as your direct point of contact, in close coordination with the district administration's lower nature conservation authority.
Typical measures in the district of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Floodplain forest restoration
Developing and restoring softwood and hardwood floodplain forests along the Altrhein arms strengthens the habitat network of the Rheinniederung and creates habitat for typical floodplain species.
Grassland extensification
Extensive management of wet and mesic meadows in the Rheinniederung promotes biodiversity and serves as compensation for land sealing in the densely developed area.
Small water bodies for amphibians
Creating and connecting new ponds, shallow pools and oxbows provides spawning waters for the European tree frog, great crested newt and other amphibians of the Rhine floodplain.
Species protection CEF/FCS
Creating sand and stone structures on blown-sand sites and railway embankments as advance CEF measures for the sand lizard, complemented by bat roosts and nesting aids.
Arable extensification & skylark plots
Creating skylark plots, flower strips and extensively managed field margins on the intensively farmed loess land provides compensation for farmland birds and insects.
Hedgerows & habitat network
Planting hedgerows, field margins and traditional orchards in the cleared farmland connects the alluvial fans between the Haardtrand and the Rhine floodplain as stepping-stone habitats.
Protected species in the Vorderpfalz and Rheinniederung
Sand lizard
The warm, dry blown-sand sites, railway embankments and path verges of the Vorderpfalz are core habitat for the sand lizard. In construction and infrastructure projects, it is a frequent target species requiring advance CEF measures.
About this species ›Amphibians of the Altrhein arms
The European tree frog, great crested newt and green toad find spawning waters in the oxbows, ponds and clay pits of the Rheinniederung. Creating and connecting new small water bodies are among the typical compensation measures.
About this species ›Northern lapwing
Wet grassland and open arable land in the Rheinniederung provide breeding habitat for the northern lapwing. Extensification and the creation of wet hollows secure breeding success for this threatened meadow-breeding species.
About this species ›Kingfisher
The kingfisher breeds along the Altrhein arms and eroded riverbanks. Shaping near-natural steep banks and preserving structurally rich watercourse banks are effective measures for this strictly protected species.
About this species ›Bats
The floodplain forests and old tree stands of the Rhine floodplain serve as roosts and hunting grounds for bats such as Daubenton's bat and the noctule. Preserving roosts and providing replacement roosts secure the local populations.
About this species ›Skylark
The skylark breeds on the extensive loess arable land of the Vorderpfalz, its populations suffering under intensive agriculture. Skylark plots and flower strips create targeted breeding and foraging habitat.
About this species ›Which projects trigger a compensation obligation?
Commerce, industry & logistics
As a densely developed area bordering the industrial city of Ludwigshafen and within the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region, commercial and logistics developments are continually being established. Business expansions and new developments regularly generate a considerable compensation requirement under the LKompVO.
Transport & infrastructure
The expansion and renewal of the federal roads (B9, B44), the A61 and A65 motorways and the railway lines in the densely developed area trigger compensation and replacement obligations, frequently combined with species protection measures.
Settlement development
The designation of residential and commercial areas in the growing municipalities surrounding Ludwigshafen requires compensation measures under nature conservation law. Owners of arable land can offer their land as compensation areas.
Mineral extraction & renewables
Gravel and clay extraction in the Rheinniederung as well as ground-mounted photovoltaic installations on arable sites require compensation. Exhausted extraction sites such as the Mechtersheimer Tongruben can be developed into valuable habitats.
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Offer and advice
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Coordination with authorities
Full coordination with the lower nature conservation authority. We handle everything.
Long-term monitoring
Permanent securing of the land, management and documentation across the contract term.
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