SPD on the environment and animal welfare

The SPD wants to secure the stock of green spaces, maintain and expand parks and playgrounds, and keep supporting allotment gardens. Open farmland areas and remaining moors are to stay undeveloped, and more trees are to be planted than felled.

The SPD wants to keep parks, playgrounds and allotment gardens. Every family should reach a green space in ten minutes. Moors and fields should not be built on. The city should plant more trees than it cuts down. Parks and paths should also be cleaner.

Under the agreement on Hamburg's urban green, green space is not to shrink despite urban development: where green areas are built on, new ones are created elsewhere by unsealing land. The SPD wants to place open farmland areas and remaining moorland under protection, keep them free of commercial and housing development, and restore them where needed. A tree monitoring system is to track street trees, with replanting close to where people live. The number of public drinking fountains and toilets is to rise. The city cleaning service is to clean green spaces more, clear more footpaths and bike paths in fall and winter, and continue targeted campaigns such as at the main station.

The SPD wants to open an additional animal shelter and house found animals in line with animal welfare standards. Off-leash dog areas are to be created in districts that have none, and the pigeon population is to be managed humanely.

The SPD wants to open a new animal shelter. Found animals should be housed well. There should be more areas where dogs can run free. The city wants to limit the number of pigeons without harming them.

New off-leash dog areas are to be set up mainly where none exist yet. They are to be clearly and safely fenced off so that children and walkers are not disturbed. The SPD wants to continue and expand the management of city pigeons that the Hamburg parliament decided on. According to the program, the aim is to prevent uncontrolled spread and improve animal welfare.