Germany's Eingriffsregelung under BNatSchG has required every party causing an intervention in nature and landscape to compensate for it since the 1990s. Wind and solar parks, road construction, industrial developments, residential areas — all generate legally mandated demand for eco-points. This demand grows annually and is independent of economic cycles.
On the supply side, professional project development is lacking. Most ecological accounts are developed by landscape conservation associations, municipalities or small planning offices — with limited capital, no standardised processes and no scaling ambition. The result: chronic undersupply, rising prices, long delivery times.
Ökopunkte sind kein Nischenprodukt. Sie sind eine regulatorische Notwendigkeit — mit wachsender Nachfrage und schrumpfendem Angebot.
Nature Values addresses exactly this gap: with professional land acquisition, standardised planning processes and a team that has known this market for over 20 years. The Ramin pilot project is the proof of concept — a first step towards a scalable portfolio of ecological accounts across Germany and northern Europe.