The present Ordinance enforces the Lower Saxony Law implementing the Federal Nature Protection Act of 18 January 2013. In particular, the Ordinance establishes that for significant impediments or restrictions of sound land use on grassland plots in natures reserves, national parks and other protected areas, a compensation shall be offered. The aim of the measure is also to support the development of a coherent system of protected areas within the “Natura 2000”programme to conserve the biological