Implementation of the NBSAP
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
Completed in 1998, Austria first Biodiversity Strategy focused on objectives concerning the preservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of biological diversity, conservation of species and landscapes, research and monitoring, the tourism/mining/industry/energy sectors, transportation, development cooperation, indigenous people and the ecological approach...
More » Actions taken to achieve the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
To achieve its targets, Austria has set up a number of action plans to safeguard biodiversity including: the Action Plan on Invasive Alien Species; Action Plan on Species Protection; Natura 2000 Network of Protected Areas; 19 designated Ramsar Sites; Programme for Natural Forest Reserves; National River Basin Management Plan; Reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture,
Salmo trutta marmoratus,
Strix uralensis; Other reintroductions include
Pulsatilla oenipontana (University of Innsbruck),
Coleanthus subtilis,
Elatine hexandra,
Isolepis setacea,
Eleocharis ovatus,
Scirpus radicans,
Lindernia procumbens,
Limosella aquatic,
Cyperus flavescens,
Cyperus fuscus,
Typha minima as well as
Coleanthus subtilis and
Limosella aquatic; 24 species protection projects carried out within the Austrian National Biodiversity Campaign “vielfaltleben”; Transboundary LIFE Project “Great Bustard” (
Otis tarda) with Hungary and Slovakia; and numerous species protection projects carried out by the Nature Conservation Authorities of the Provinces (e.g...
More » Support mechanisms for national implementation (legislation, funding, capacity-building, coordination, mainstreaming, etc.)
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
The main legislative instruments designed to protect biodiversity in Austria include: the Austrian Law on Plant Protection (1995); Flurverfassungsgrundsatzgesetz (BGBl.Nr...
More » Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing implementation
The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned.
Based on the current legal position, all Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) facilities in Austria now require licensing according to the respective material laws...
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