land use

  • Butterfly Monitoring Austria

    • Project lead: Daniela Lehner
    • Austrian Butterfly Conservation
    • Museumsplatz 1/Stiege 13, 1070 Wien
    • 06702042347
    • Topic: Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.abc-schmetterlinge.at/
    Many people in Austria feel that colorful butterflies are becoming increasingly rare. Unfortunately, this is also reflected in the European Grassland Butterfly Index, compiled by Butterfly Conservation Europe from datasets across the continent. Since 1990, typical grassland butterflies have declined by 36%.Since butterfly populations naturally fluctuate from year to year, only long-term standardized monitoring can determine whether numbers are increasing or decreasing. To enable this, the...

  • Stories of Post-extractive F*utures

    • Project lead: Karin Reisinger
    • Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
    • Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Wien
    • Topic: History, Politics, Land use, Culture, Gender, Living together
    • Activity: photography, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.mountains-of-ore.org/de/pef/practice/
    The shrinking town of Eisenerz lies at the foot of the Erzberg mountain, Austria’s largest and best-known site of extraction of iron ore. The post-industrial town is experiencing a rural exodus, which concerns women in particular. The spatial practices of mining areas have been under-researched using inclusive methods. Mining is predominantly narrated in male, heroic narratives, while counter-narratives of repair, care, reproduction and maintenance are mostly overlooked. Within this complex...

  • Bumblebee Monitoring Austria

    • Project lead: Katharina Thierolf
    • BOKU University, Naturschutzbund Österreich
    • Frauenlobstr. 24, 55118 Mainz, Deutschland
    • 00491635995997
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.naturbeobachtung.at/platform/mo/nabeat-t/index.do
    Citizen science-based bumblebee monitoring is a pillar of the Austrian wild bee survey. Most wild bee species can only be distinguished under a microscope. The genus of bumblebees (Bombus) is an exception and can usually be distinguished at species level after a training phase in the field (see Gokcezade et al., 2010), so that not only professionals can help with the observation and recording of bumblebees. Bumblebee monitoring ties in with the already existing reporting platform...

  • GUMPI

    • Project lead: Tamara Bauer and Sebastian Harnacker
    • TU Wien future.lab Research Center and TU Wien Bibliothek
    • Resselgasse 4, 1040 Wien
    • +43 1 58801 44032
    • Topic: Politics, Land use, Traffic, Living together
    • Activity: locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/gumpi_forschung
    Youth and single parents doing urban research About the projectThe climate crisis repeatedly exposes existing weaknesses in democratic practice. On the one hand, groups that are most affected by the consequences of climate change are often underrepresented in the prevailing political and planning practice (participation crisis). On the other hand, social inequality and the exclusion of people from political decision-making processes increases the loss of trust in political decision-makers and...

  • Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau

    The research project Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau is focused on the settlement process as a workshop situation for social innovations in housing and urban development, with the aim of fostering sustainable development and creating good neighbourhoods.As an applied research project, "Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau" (Co-creation Neu Leopoldau) accompanies the settlement process of the IBA quarter in Vienna's 21st district. The phase of residents' and users' arrival in the neighbourhood is explored, which...

  • FotoQuest Go

    • Project lead: Steffen Fritz
    • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    • Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
    • (+43) 2236 / 807353
    • Topic: Land use
    • Activity: Online game, photography, locating
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: http://fotoquest-go.org
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    “Explore the European landscape and help science to protect the climate and the environment!”Do you like to be out in the fresh air? Would you like to make a concrete contribution to protect the environment and the climate and earn something in addition? With the FotoQuestGo app, you can use your free time to help science improve important data sets for research into landscape changes in Europe. The app works very simply: with the help of your smartphone's GPS, it navigates you to the place...

  • GEO Wiki

    • Project lead: Steffen Fritz
    • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    • Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
    • (+43) 2236 / 807353
    • Topic: Land use
    • Activity: Online game, photography, locating
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.geo-wiki.org/
    On Geo-Wiki.org you can participate in global environmental monitoring and help to observe and document the earth and what happens on it on a large scale. Whether it is deforestation, the varying size of fields in agriculture or the fast and precise evaluation of hurricane damage - your contribution is important to evaluate satellite images or to check the automatic evaluation of satellite images and existing maps of land use. In this way, you help scientists to create reliable information...

  • Homegrown

    “Homegrown - There is nothing like a homegarden”Project descriptionWith their variety of plant species and the experience of the gardeners, rural home gardens constitute an integral component of the cultivated landscape in the Lienz district, East Tyrol. Together with pupils of the BG/BRG Lienz school (and biology, math/physics and English teachers), scientists are investigating rural home gardens, including stocks of plant species and the use of plants. These results will be compared with...

  • Nature conservation monitoring

    • Project lead: Barbara Steurer
    • "Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung" (ÖKL)
    • Gußhausstraße 6, 1040 Wien, Austria
    • +43 (0)1/5051891-17
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, taking care, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.naturschutzmonitoring.at/
    We take care of our meadows and alpine pastures!For more than a decade, hundreds of farmers have been saying "We look at our meadows and alpine pastures!".The regular observations of the more than 700 participants impressively show that on more than 80 % of the monitoring plots in extensive grassland the number of individuals of the species observed has remained the same or even increased.By observing the animals and plants every year, the perspective with which the farmers perceive their...

  • Looking for Cowslips

    Looking for Cowslips
    • Project lead: Sabrina Träger
    • Department of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
    • +49 345 55 26412
    • Topic: Plants, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://cowslip.science/
    In spring, scientists invite everybody around Europe to take part in the biggest cowslip observation campaign “Looking for Cowslips”. The aim of the project is to examine the patterns of flower morphological traits (i. e. heterostyly) in cowslip populations all across Europe using a citizen science approach. The citizen science project “Looking for Cowslips” was carried out already in 2019 and 2020 in Estonia and Latvia. Within the frames of this campaign, we obtained heterostyly data from...

  • Urban Heat Stories

    Urban Heat Stories
    • Project lead: Helena Bernhardt (TU Wien future.lab Research Center), Sebastian Harnacker (TU Wien Bibliothek)
    • TU Wien future.lab Research Center, TU Wien Library
    • Resselgasse 5/15, 1040 Wien
    • 01 58801 44032
    • Topic: Weather, Health, Land use, Water, Living together
    • Activity: measuring, identifying, discussing, writing, experimenting
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/urban-heat-stories
    What are Urban Heat Stories?It will get hotter and hotter in the city over the next few years. The impact of heat can vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood. It depends not only on the building density or the degree of sealing in the city, but also on the age and state of health of the people and their immediate living environment.The Urban Heat Stories research project therefore collects individual heat experiences of vulnerable groups in Vienna. The aim is to make the diverse...

  • StadtWildTiere Vienna ("UrbanWildAnimals")

    StadtWildTiere Vienna ("UrbanWildAnimals")
    • Project lead: Richard Zink
    • Verein Entdecke und Bewahre Natur
    • Verein Entdecke und Bewahre Natur Trautbach 22 3491 Elsarn im Strassertal Vetmeduni Vienna: Savoyenstraße 1a, 1160 Wien
    • Topic: Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://stadtwildtiere.at/
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    Have you ever seen a sparrow hawk in Vienna? Did a badger cross your path on your way home at night? Or do you have swallow nests at your housing complex? We are interested in your observations in Austrian cities!The project works specifically in urban areas. With the help of Austrian city dwellers we want to get an overview of the distribution and way of life of mammals and birds in urban areas. We hope to obtain a broad data base based on sighting reports in order to better...

  • Wild Neighbours

    Wild Neighbours
    • Project lead: Richard Zink
    • Verein Entdecke und Bewahre Natur
    • Verein Entdecke und Bewahre Natur Trautbach 22 3491 Elsarn im Strassertal Vetmeduni: Savoyenstraße 1a, 1160 Wien
    • Topic: Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://wildenachbarn.at/
    Are swallows nesting at your house or in your stable? Have you seen a badger in the middle of town? Or do you regularly observe a kestrel in your garden? We are interested in your observations in rural settlement areas!

  • Tree-Quest

    Tree-Quest
    • Project lead: Milutin Milenkovic
    • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    • Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
    • +43 2236 807 0
    • Topic: Plants, Land use
    • Activity: measuring, photography
    • Project link: https://c4cweb.main.geo-wiki.org/
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    The Tree-Quest project aims at developing an Austrian citizen science (CS) data component to bridge the in-situ data gap for more reliable forest mapping with Copernicus satellite data.What are the aims of the project?We’re inviting everyone to join our new citizen science campaign through the free Geo-Quest app. Using the Tree-Quest module, you can head outside and measure trees in your neighborhood — and discover how much carbon they store! You’ll learn how trees help fight...

  • On the trail of springs

    Spring habitats in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere ReserveIn view of increasing extreme weather events, including periods of drought and consequent water shortages, the protection and knowledge of springs in the Großes Walsertal Biosphere Reserve is becoming increasingly important. In addition to their essential role in water supply, springs are often small but very important habitats for endangered organisms. The pressure to utilise and develop existing springs has increased significantly due...

  • United by Crisis?

    United by Crisis?
    • Project lead: Jakob Maurer
    • Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (Zentrum für Museale Sammlungswissenschaften)
    • c/o Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Schloss Asparn/Zaya, Schlossgasse 1, A-2151 Asparn/Zaya
    • Topic: History, Disasters, Land use, Culture
    • Activity: measuring, counting, identifying, locating, observing, Offline participation
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.united-by-crisis.at/en/
    Participate in archaeological field surveys and/or in cleaning, documenting & interpreting archaeological finds.A transdisciplinary look at the early Neolithic communities in the Schletz settlement clusterThe project aims to explore the surroundings of the famous Neolithic settlement of Asparn/Schletz (Lower Austria). Numerous human remains suggest a violent attack on this site in the Late Linear Pottery Culture, approx. 7.000 years ago. Due to its size and earthworks...

  • Frog in a drop of water

    Frog in a drop of water
    • Project lead: Corinna Wallinger
    • University of Innsbruck, Institute of Zoology
    • Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck
    • +43 512 507 51888
    • Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
    • Activity: photography, taking care, observing, experimenting
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.uibk.ac.at/projects/frosch-im-wassertropfen/
    State-of-the-art DNA technology and citizen science - "Frog in a drop of water" unleashes new prospects for amphibian researchDetective work for amphibian protection - for the first time, amphibian screening is being carried out throughout Austria by detecting their DNA traces in water - and everyone can take part. Amphibians - including frogs, toads, toads, salamanders and newts - are strictly protected in Austria. Nevertheless, populations are continuously and in some cases...

  • AmphiBiom

    • Project lead: Lukas Landler
    • Institute of Zoology, BOKU University
    • Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
    • +43 1 47654-83334
    • Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
    • Activity: photography, taking care, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://www.amphi.at
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    The AmphiBiom project is focused on the study of the European green toad in Austria. With the support of Citizen Scientists, we investigate the distribution of this endangered amphibian species, which, as a typical pioneer species, can quickly colonize newly emerging water bodies.Therefore, the European green toad is an ideal species for projects to investigate the distribution status through call monitoring and the installation of small water bodies with the support of the...

  • Market garden centres

    • Project lead: Martin Stadlbauer
    • Bio Austria Oberösterreich
    • Theresianumgasse 11, 1040 Wien
    • +43 676 842 214-212
    • Topic: Food, Plants, Land use
    • Activity: photography, discussing, taking care, observing, experimenting
    • Participation: Closed participation
    • Project link: https://www.marktgärtnerei.info/
    Innovation to strengthen the Austrian fresh vegetable supplyMarket garden centres work according to so-called bio-intensive methods. This means utilising the maximum possible natural yield potential on the land. This yield potential results from the respective location, the climatic conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.), the production methods and, to a large extent, the soil itself. Beside the type of soil and texture, the thickness of the individual...

  • Biodiverciti

    • Project lead: Sebastian Seebauer
    • JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbh, LIFE Institut für Klima, Energiesysteme und Gesellschaft
    • Waagner-Biro-Straße 100/9, 8010 Graz
    • +43 316 876 7654
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • Activity: photography, counting, locating, discussing, observing
    • Participation: Open participation
    • Project link: https://biodiverciti.joanneum.at
    What role can you play in the biodiversity and climate crisis - in the familiar surroundings of your own garden? Citizen scientists implement biodiversity-enhancing measures in their garden, observe animals and plants and are analyzed how their attitudes and behaviors change.What are the aims of the project?BIODIVERCITI pursues two core research questions to analyze the impact of its intervention on Citizen Scientists and their gardens: 1. What improvements can be achieved in indicator...

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