Projects - Steirische Eisenwurzen - Naturpark & UNESCO Global Geopark

Landl go SMART

Restoration of damaged ecosystems in Austria’s nature parks

The border triangle between the Austrian federal states of Styria, Lower Austria and Upper Austria is not only known for its scenic beauty and diversity of species and habitats, but also for its dark night sky, which on clear nights is characterized by millions of stars and [...]

Obersteirerpass AT

Rural exodus, new working environments and demographic change have been driving up urbanisation rates for decades. Fuelled by the normalisation of mobile working and the desire for a genuine, sustainable quality of life, rural areas - provided they can keep this promise in [...]

Healthy forest regions

The project tackles the CE-wide challenge of declining forest ecosystem functionality and the loss of biodiversity, resulting from unsustainable forest management practices, intensified by negative impacts from accelerating climate change, both affecting forest ecosystem [...]

Night sky over the border triangle

The border triangle between the Austrian federal states of Styria, Lower Austria and Upper Austria is not only known for its scenic beauty and diversity of species and habitats, but also for its dark night sky, which on clear nights is characterized by millions of stars and [...]

Managementplan Styrian Eisenwurzen

Like all nature parks, the Styrian Eisenwurzen was awarded the title of "nature park" due to its special natural and cultural landscape. In order to preserve and develop this valuable landscape, the activities in nature park management do not only focus on the protection of [...]

Path of nonSENSE in Altenmarkt

With the construction of 10 interactive & innovative experience stations as well as the visitor guidance on the "WEG der nonSENNE" a year-round usable (tourist) offer is created, which is used to make the nature and geopark as well as the community of Altenmarkt near Sankt [...]

Multiplier nature conservation

Selected areas in the Nature and Geopark are to be increasingly used as an instrument of nature conservation knowledge transfer and awareness raising in the coming years. In this way, the local population as well as guests should better recognize and understand the potential [...]

Natural ration

Older people in particular play a decisive role in imparting knowledge, preserving tradition and environmental education in rural regions, such as the Nature and Geopark. With their help, traditional forms of cultivation of natural areas such as meadow orchards, alpine [...]

Species rich Eisenwurzen

With the help of this EAFRD project, various focal points and measures along the Salza in the nature park communities of Landl and Wildalpen will help to provide an in-depth overview of the nature park biodiversity. Detailed zoological data along the Salza will be collected [...]

Alpine meadow & forrest CULTURAL LANDSCAPES STYRIAN EISENWURZEN

The Styrian Eisenwurzen Nature Park has existed since 1996 and, at 58,600 hectares, is the largest nature park in Styria. It is home to spectacular natural spectacles, unique landscapes and rare animal and plant species, some of which are under special protection through [...]

CSI PhänoBiota

In a first-of-its-kind approach in Europe, students in the Liezen district are researching and documenting the phenological development of invasive species (neophytes) under the influence of climate change. With the help of experts, they are developing and testing modern, [...]

Nature Park Resort

A model for cooperation for small-scale tourist accommodations - There are several small-scale tourist accommodations as well as a large number of rarely used second or weekend homes in the Nature Park. Some of these previously identified vacant homes in the [...]

Nature Park 2020 – Managing visitors in protected and recreation areas

When it comes to visitor management in nature reserves and recreation areas, we often face difficulties. Improving our management system and channelling visitors, guests and tourists should help us create a balanced relationship between man and nature. Besides an absence of [...]

Charging biodiversity

For the first time, the nature parks are to receive technical support from local biodiversity experts in the implementation project. With the first appointment of all 7 Styrian nature parks with experts responsible for the topic of biodiversity, a corresponding increase in [...]