Category: News
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Importance of Beavers in Wetland Restoration: The UK Example
Beavers, known for their remarkable ability to transform landscapes through dam-building and waterway management, once thrived across the British Isles. Their journey from native inhabitants to locally extinct species and finally to their reintroduction highlights the complexities of human-wildlife interactions and the evolving understanding of ecological restoration. Ancient Inhabitants Beavers were once widespread across the…
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The complexity of data collection – the ALFAwetlands approach
ALFAwetlands is a complex, multi-annual EU Horizon project with project partners and their respective Living Labs from across Europe. Further, there are nine different wetland types from restored peat extraction areas (Fig. 1) over wetland forests to coastal wetlands included in our project. Consequently, any kind of data collection should be synchronized, hereby following the…
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Fire Management of reed belt in Austria
Management of the reed belt is one of the most important topics of the ALFAwetlands Austrian-Hungarian ALFAwetlands Living Lab. Introduction Recent studies (Nemeth et al. 2022) have shown that large parts of the reed belt consist of reed stands that are decades old and that there are clear signs of progressive dieback processes in these…
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Peatland protection in Austrian Burgenland
One of the ALFAwetlands Living Labs: Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab is located partly in Austria in the Burgenland Region. For this region Action Plan, based on the Austrian Peatland Strategy 2030+ has been developed. Please also read: Action Plan Burgenland The Burgenland Action Plan, based on the Austrian Peatland Strategy 2030+, is currently in the planning…
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Austrian Peatland Strategy 2030+
One of the ALFAwetlands project countries is Austria, where Peatland Strategy is being implemented. Austria’s Commitment to Wetland Conservation Austria’s wetlands, particularly its swamps and peatlands, play a crucial role in the ecosystem, providing essential services such as water retention, filtration, and climate regulation. Recognising their importance, Austria has developed a comprehensive Peatland Strategy, aimed…
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Field visit and Living Lab Open Day
After three fruitful Midterm Conference days from which two were filled with presentations, workshops, discussions and meetings, it was time to go outdoors again! Please also read: ALFAwetlands conference day 1: Excursion to the Hungarian side of the lake Excursion to National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel Day 4 of the ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference began at the…
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ALFAwetlands Press Release 2024
ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference ALFAwetlands Midterm Conference took place during 21-24 of May 2024 at the Austrian-Hungarian Living Laboratory site. The main location of the Conference was the Neusiedl See – Seewinkel National Park Visitor Center in Illmitz, Austria. The Conference aimed to review the ALFAwetlands implementation progress, present and exchange current results as well as…
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ALFAwetlands conference day 1: Excursion to the Hungarian side of the lake
The ALFAwetlands conference was kicked off with a day outside, featuring an excursion to the Hungarian side of the Neusiedler lake and ALFAwetlands Austrian-Hungarian Living Laboratory. First, all the partners were welcomed by the National Park Neusiedler See Seewinkel, represented by Arno Cimadom, who shared many interesting facts about the natural dynamics and biodiversity of…
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Amphibians of Austrian-Hungarian Living Lab
The floodplain of the Neusiedler Lake is a one of ALFAwetlands 9 Living Labs. The big part of this Living Lab is located on the territory of the National park Neusiedler See – Seewinkel in Austria. Various biodiversity monitoring is being conducted on the territory of National park. The National park Neusiedler See – Seewinkel…
