Berlin Ökokonto (Berlin eco-account)

The Kienbergpark is part of the “Berlin Ökokonto” (Berlin eco-account) project of the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment (SenMVKU) and thus makes a contribution to sustainable landscape and urban development for future generations.

A green credit balance for Berlin

Berlin is shaping urban growth with an eye to the future - responsibly, efficiently and in the interests of all. Wherever construction takes place, the Berlin eco-account ensures that nature is preserved and new green spaces are created. This is made possible by a clear mechanism: where interventions in nature and the landscape cannot be avoided, they are compensated for by targeted investments in other places - where the benefits for the environment and the urban community are greatest.

To this end, the state of Berlin maintains a stock of land and compensatory measures that can be used by the construction projects and refinanced by them. The green city thus remains intact and is designed to be climate-adapted and biologically diverse. The Berlin Ökokonto makes this compensation possible in a forward-looking and efficient manner: a green credit for Berlin.

Kienbergpark: Balancing with effect

One of these places is being created in the Wuhletal valley in the east of Berlin: In Kienbergpark, landscape conservation is being carefully taken a step further. Existing structures are being incorporated, specifically supplemented and developed in the direction of a climate-resilient, species-rich forest stand. Permeable forest edges, open areas and transitions to open spaces promote biodiversity - and at the same time help to reduce the amount of maintenance required in the long term.

The Kienbergpark will be strengthened in its role as part of the biotope network and as a public open space - as a place that can withstand climatic changes and at the same time remain open for recreation, observing nature and quietly spending time.