Federal Research Centre for Forestry

  • Forest Groove

    A group of children are standing outdoors in a forest. An adult man is holding a homemade directional microphone made from a flower pot with a recording device attached to it, listening intently with one hand to his ear. A child next to him is wearing headphones and also holding a similar directional microphone. Trees, a bench and a parked car can be seen in the background. The scene shows a group activity to record forest sounds.
    • Logo Forest Groove
    • Project lead: Irene Gianordoli
    • Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW)
    • Address: Seckendorff-Gudentweg 8, 1131 Wien
    • Telephone: 01878381355
    • Topic: Plants, Animals
    • Activity: photography, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.bfw.gv.at/forest-groove-waldbiodiversitaet-im-einklang/
    Exploring Forest Biodiversity Through Sound Forest Groove explores forest biodiversity together with students through nature observations and sound recordings. The collected data on species and forest sounds support research and make the diversity of the forest audible and tangible. What are the aims of the project? Forest Groove investigates biodiversity in urban and peri-urban forests in Vienna...

  • city-tree-soil

    • Project lead: Edwin Herzberger
    • Austrian Research Centre for Forests
    • Address: Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Wien
    • Telephone: 01 87838 1319
    • Topic: Plants, Weather, Land use, Water, Soil
    • Activity: measuring
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Family-friendly: Family-friendly
    • Project link: https://www.bfw.gv.at/stadt-baum-boden/
    In the City-Tree-Soil project, the Federal Research Centre for Forestry (BFW), the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) and the University of Innsbruck are investigating the growth conditions of urban trees in Vienna and Innsbruck. Citizen scientists (schools and the general public) are responsible for recording the growth in thickness. In addition, soil carbon is being measured in both cities.What are the aims of the project?The...