Map layer wilderness areas NRW

The NRW wilderness areas map layer includes the wilderness development areas in the state forest of North Rhine-Westphalia that have been designated in North Rhine-Westphalia since 2011. These old beech and oak wood stocks were determined by the State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV NRW) and the State Office for Forests and Wood NRW on the basis of a professionally derived concept. Forest use no longer takes place in the wilderness development areas, and natural developments are permitted. In this way, international and national requirements are met and a contribution is made to increasing biodiversity. The service includes a good 300 individual areas - so-called wilderness biotopes, which are spread over around 100 wilderness development areas - usually FFH and/or nature reserves. A total of around 7,800 hectares of state forest will be taken out of forest use. In addition, other unused forest areas such as the process protection zone of the Eifel National Park and two larger areas taken out of use by a private nature conservation association or a private forest owner are listed in the map layer.