What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on the environment and animal welfare?

The AfD wants to make greater use of lakes, rivers, and coasts for tourism, sports, and business. Restoration of waterways to a natural state should not hinder this use. Locks and infrastructure would be preserved on smaller waterways as well.

The AfD wants to use lakes and rivers more for vacations and sports. Nature protection should not block this. Locks should be kept. There should be charging stations for electric boats.

The AfD wants to review the state government's decision to stop accepting certain classes of waste at the Ihlenberg landfill at the end of 2035. The site is to keep operating until an alternative location in northern Germany has been decided. The platform calls the phase-out wrong and politically motivated.

The Ihlenberg landfill is set to stop taking some kinds of waste after 2035. The AfD wants to look at this decision again. The landfill should stay open longer. That applies until another site in northern Germany is found.

The AfD wants forest protection to take priority over expanding renewable energy and wants to upgrade forestry because of demand for timber. It is critical of converting forests to continuous-cover stands because they yield less wood. The platform regards hunting as nature and animal protection.

The AfD wants to protect forests. Forests should matter more than new wind and solar plants. Forests should also give enough wood for building. For the AfD, hunting protects nature.

The AfD wants a clear limit on the wolf population and the swift removal of wolf hybrids. Returning species are to be given room but not allowed to spread unchecked across cultivated land. Insect protection is to rest on research rather than on blaming agriculture.

The AfD does not want too many wolves. Wolf-dog mixes should be removed quickly. Animals like bison and elk should get space. But they should not spread everywhere. Researchers should study insects more closely.

The AfD wants to strengthen water monitoring, sewage treatment plants and advisory services for farmers. The aim is to prevent pollution before it occurs. Groundwater is to be protected from overuse in the long term.

The AfD wants to keep water clean. Rivers and lakes should be checked more closely. Sewage plants should get better. Farmers should get more advice. People should not use too much groundwater.

The Greens want to preserve the Baltic Sea for future generations. They plan to cut the pollutants entering the sea, introduce more environmentally sound fishing methods, and develop nature-friendly tourism. The platform argues that the Baltic is severely threatened.

The Greens want to protect the Baltic Sea. Fewer harmful substances should get into the water. Fishing should do less harm to nature. Tourism should fit well with nature.

The Greens want to improve water quality and create more natural buffer zones along waters so that water stays in the landscape. They reject drilling for oil and gas in the Baltic Sea and on land. The platform points to droughts, heavy rain and risks for protected areas and tourism.

The Greens want clean water in lakes and rivers. There should be wider unused strips along the banks. Wet meadows and floodplains should store water. That helps in droughts and in floods. Nobody should be allowed to drill for oil and gas.

The Greens want to secure marine protected areas more effectively, restore habitats such as seagrass meadows and reefs, and cut the inflow of nutrients and litter. A broad alliance is to be formed for the endangered harbor porpoise. The party wants the state to lead on marine protection.

The Greens want to protect the Baltic Sea. Less fertilizer, oil and plastic should get into the sea. Seagrass meadows and reefs should grow again. The harbor porpoise is close to dying out. An alliance should save it.

The Greens want to organize nature conservation more through voluntary, paid agreements with land users and link protected areas into a continuous habitat network. Pesticides and synthetic chemical fertilizers are to be banned in Natura 2000 areas. The stated goal is conservation that finds more local acceptance.

The Greens want to protect nature together with local people. Farmers should take part by choice and get paid for it. Protected areas should be linked together. In special protected areas, pest-killing chemicals should be banned. Artificial fertilizer should be banned there too.

The Greens want to give animal welfare more weight in the state: with an independent commissioner, a right for recognized associations to sue, and a cap on livestock numbers. In the platform's view, clear rules, effective inspections and reliable support have been lacking.

The Greens want to protect animals better. An independent person in the government should look after animal welfare. Animal welfare groups should be allowed to go to court. Not too many animals should live in one barn. Animal shelters should get steady funding.

The Greens want to speed up the conversion of forests into more resilient stands with an action program and preserve old and near-natural forests. Hunting rules and support for timber as a building material are to complement this. The platform cites drought, storms and pests as reasons.

The Greens want to make forests stronger. Forests suffer from drought, storms and pests. A program should speed up changing the forests. Old forests should stay. Wood from the region should be used more often for building.

The Greens want to turn EU nature and environmental rules into binding, concrete measures in the state and better protect the Natura 2000 sites in the Baltic Sea. The party rejects new oil and gas extraction. Old munitions are to be recovered from the Baltic Sea and marine pollution reduced.

The Greens want to protect the Baltic Sea and nature better. The state should really carry out the EU's environmental rules. There should be no new drilling for oil and gas. Old munitions should be taken out of the sea. Less plastic and fertilizer should get into the sea.

The Left wants to protect natural areas better, designate new protected areas and add staff for nature conservation. Groundwater, lakes, rivers and coastal waters are to be protected consistently, and more water is to be kept in the landscape.

The Left wants to protect nature better. There should be new protected areas. More people should work in nature conservation. Water should stay clean and be kept in the ground.

The Left wants to secure animal welfare institutionally, for example through an office reviewing animal welfare in sports and a right for associations to sue. The platform points out that animal welfare is a constitutional state objective and that animals cannot speak for themselves.

The Left wants to protect animals better. A new office should check animal welfare in sports. Animal welfare groups should be able to go to court. Circuses should no longer have animals.

The Left wants to raise the share of forest in the state's area to at least 30 percent by 2030. Forests are to be converted quickly into deciduous and mixed woodland that can cope with climate change and does not catch fire easily.

The Left wants more forest in the state. By 2030, forest should cover at least 30 percent of the land. The forests should have leafy and mixed trees. Such forests do not burn as easily.

The SPD wants to maintain the state's protected areas as refuges for species and expand them as places of environmental education. The Green Belt is to be tied more closely into the network of protected areas, and tree-lined avenues are to be replanted.

The state has many protected areas for nature. The SPD wants to look after them well. People should also learn about nature there. New trees should grow along roads where old ones are missing.

The SPD wants to protect groundwater from contamination and strengthen the natural water balance. Rivers and streams should be passable and water should be retained in the landscape, also in view of longer dry spells.

The SPD wants to keep groundwater clean. Rivers and streams should become more natural again. Water should stay in the landscape longer. That matters because dry periods are getting longer.

The SPD wants to protect all contiguous built-up areas on the coast and along rivers from flooding. Water and soil associations are to keep receiving support for investments in dikes and pipes.

Floods can happen on the coast and along rivers. The SPD wants to protect towns there. Dikes should become stronger. Broken pipes should be repaired.

The SPD wants to further cut the nutrients and pollutants entering the Baltic Sea and monitor its waters continuously. It also wants action against microplastics and ghost nets and demands that the federal government fully clear old munitions from the Baltic.

The Baltic Sea should become healthier. Less fertilizer and fewer toxins should get into the sea. Old fishing nets and plastic should come out of the water. The federal government should remove old war munitions from the sea.

The SPD wants less new land to be sealed over and gives development inside existing towns priority over new building zones. Measures to adapt to climate change should in future also be payable through eco-accounts (compensation credits).

Less soil should be built over. Empty houses and old sites in town should be used first. New building areas come only after that. Trees and water should cool cities in hot weather.

The SPD wants to convert forests into species-rich, climate-stable deciduous and mixed forests and to continue the reforestation program. Forest owners are to be specially rewarded for such measures, with the federal government providing part of its carbon pricing revenue for this.

The SPD wants to change the forests in the state. There should be more leafy trees and mixed forests. Such forests cope better with drought and pests. Forest owners should get money for this. Part of the money should come from the federal government.

The SPD wants comprehensive monitoring of wolves and the quick, legally secure removal of animals that cause problems. Protecting livestock herds is to remain the top priority. On hunting, the party continues to rely on hunters and on monitoring the impact of game on forests.

The SPD wants to watch wolves closely. Wolves that cause problems should be killed quickly. This should be legally safe. Protecting sheep and other farm animals stays very important. Hunters in the state should keep looking after healthy game populations.

The SPD wants to improve conditions for animals transported to slaughter, allow more inspections and limit transport times. It rejects transporting animals from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for slaughter to countries outside the EU. Animal shelters, volunteer animal welfare work and zoos are to keep receiving support.

The SPD wants animals to be treated better during transport. The trips should be shorter. There should be more checks. Animals from the state should not go to countries outside the EU for slaughter. Animal shelters and zoos should keep getting money.