People in German Biosphere Reserves
Claudia Bethwell, ZALF - Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung e.V., Müncheberg (DE)
As model regions for sustainable development Biosphere Reserves explicitly include human activities. We analysed the Biosphere Reserves in Germany as home for people based on official statistical data on a community level, including temporal developments. The population development impacts further human activities, like land-use activities, infrastructure use and provision, as well as actual utilization of ecosystem services delivered by Biosphere Reserves. We present different types of temporal population development with reference to spatial variations.