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FOREST PRESERVATION
Austria is making a considerable financial effort to preserve the forest ecosystem and to ensure its effects in a sustainable manner. The results of demages are in many regions still visible; for a mountainous country like Austria it would be disastrous and a threat to people’s life and existence.
Photo: ZiehausBark Beetle Situation
The bark beetle has survived the winter quite well and is now threatening the protection forest
Infestation mainly in high stands up to the tree line > more about: Bark Beetle Situation25.06.2008, Lebensministerium IV/3
Photo: Leopold ZiehausForest Conservation as a Global Task
The global forest area including primeval forests and plantations was 3,454 million hectares in 1995, i.e. 27% of the total land surface of our planet. > more about: Forest Conservation as a Global Task
25.06.2008, Lebensministerium IV/3
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How is the Austrian forest developing?
The Austrian Forest Inventory 2000/02 shows an increase in forest area in regions that are traditionally not very abundantly forested. These include the province Burgenland, the Weinviertel region, the Marchfeld region and the Vienna basin. > more about: How is the Austrian forest developing?
25.06.2008, Lebensministerium IV/3
Photo: Leopold ZiehausTo whom do Austria’s forests belong?
Forests in Austria - this means over 170,000 forest owners and another 9,000 persons, most of them working as foresters, district forest officers, forest wardens, or professionally trained forest workers, who are active in the forestry sector either for private forest enterprises or for the Austrian Federal Forests. > more about: To whom do Austria’s forests belong?
26.06.2008, Lebensministerium IV/3
Photo: BMLFUWImport of Forest Plants
Import of plants from a third country for non-forest purposes > more + downloads about: Import of Forest Plants
02.03.2006, Lebensministerium IV/3
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Bark Beetle Situation in Austria’s Forests
The favourable weather resulted in an alarming increase of the bark beetle population in Austria. The forest owners are called upon to remove the infested wood from the forest as quickly as possible. > more about: Bark Beetle Situation in Austria’s Forests
21.04.2010, Lebensministerium IV/3