land use

  • city-tree-soil

    • Austrian Research Centre for Forests
    • Edwin Herzberger
    • Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8, 1131 Wien
    • 01 87838 1319
    • Topic: Plants, Weather, Land use, Water
    • https://www.bfw.gv.at/stadt-baum-boden/
    • Activity: measuring
    • Location: Tyrol, Vienna
    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...

  • Biodiverciti

    • JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbh, LIFE Institut für Klima, Energiesysteme und Gesellschaft
    • Sebastian Seebauer
    • Waagner-Biro-Straße 100/9, 8010 Graz
    • +43 316 876 7654
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • https://biodiverciti.joanneum.at
    • Activity: photography, counting, locating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    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...

  • Butterfly Monitoring Austria

    • Austrian Butterfly Conservation
    • Daniela Lehner
    • Museumsplatz 1/Stiege 13, 1070 Wien
    • 06702042347
    • Topic: Animals, Land use
    • https://www.abc-schmetterlinge.at/
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • Location: Europe, Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, a local area, Styria
    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...

  • SoilRise

    • Versuchswirtschaft Groß-Enzersdorf
    • Pia Euteneuer
    • Schlosshofer Straße 31, 2301 Groß-Enzersdorf
    • +43 664 88586428
    • Topic: Animals, Land use
    • https://www.soilrise.eu/home/
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, discussing, taking care, observing, experimenting
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Monitoring of Soilbiota by Citizen ScienceSoilRise is a research project on earthworm biodiversity in Europe. Earthworms play a crucial role in soil fertility and are considered important ecosystem engineers. With your help we like to collect data on the distribution and diversity of earthworms in Europe.But SoilRise is more than scientific research. We aim to build an interactive network between researches, citizen scientists (you) and stakeholders to raise awareness of the importance of...

  • DANUBE4all

    • BOKU University
    • Helmut Habersack
    • Am Brigittenauer Sporn 3
    • +43 1 47654-81901, 81911
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Geology, Traffic, Water, Waste, Living together
    • https://www.danube4allproject.eu/
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Europe, Austria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Vienna
    DANUBE4all is an EU project with the main task of developing a comprehensive action plan for the renaturation of river stretches in the Danube River Basin (DRB). To this end, a collaborative stakeholder process is being developed that actively incorporates the interests of citizens. The action plan is intended to contribute to the improvement of the ecological status, biodiversity and river connectivity of the Danube ecosystems and thus supports the EU mission OCEAN ‘Mission Healthy Oceans...

  • On the trail of springs

    • KLAR! Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal
    • Ellensohn Lukas
    • Boden 34 - 6731 Sonntag
    • +43 5554 20010
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Weather, Land use, Culture, Geology, Water
    • https://www.grosseswalsertal.at/de/Klima_und_Energie/Klimawandel-_Anpassungsmodellregion/Quellenkartierung
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Vorarlberg, a local area
    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...

  • Invasive Plants in View

    • FH Kärnten (UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Management of Conservation Areas), EVTZ Geopark Karawanken mbH
    • Lilia Schmalzl, Urosh Grabner
    • Europastraße 4, 9524 Villach, St. Magdalen
    • +43 676 890 159 903
    • Topic: Plants, Land use
    • https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invasive-alien-species-geopark-karawanken-karavanke
    • Activity: photography, identifying, observing
    • Location: Carinthia
    Monitoring in the Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark Together we can limit the spread of invasive species and protect the biodiversity of our mountain regions!Project descriptionOur Citizen Science project is dedicated to the spread of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Geopark Karawanken. Invasive species are plants or animals that are mostly introduced by human activity into regions where they do not originally occur, for example through intercontinental trade. While most introduced...

  • Market garden centres

    • Bio Austria Oberösterreich
    • Martin Stadlbauer
    • Theresianumgasse 11, 1040 Wien
    • +43 676 842 214-212
    • Topic: Food, Plants, Land use
    • https://www.marktgärtnerei.info/
    • Activity: photography, discussing, taking care, observing, experimenting
    • Location: Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Styria
    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 soil layers, the condition...

  • Restore4Life

    • BOKU University
    • Gabriele Weigelhofer
    • Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna
    • +436764414590
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use, Water
    • https://restore4life.eu/citizen-science/
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, taking care, observing
    • Location: Upper Austria, Lower Austria
    What can we do to protect our wetlands and floodplains in Europe? What does the water management need to implement measure for the benefit of both the environment and the human society?The Horizon Europe project Restore4Life aims at offering an online system that supports the restoration of wetlands in Europe. One important aspect is the development of easily applicable and meaningful methods to assess the state and functionality of wetlands before and after the restoration. This enables us...

  • U3Green

    • Fachbereich für Geoinformatik - Z_GIS - Universität Salzburg
    • Sabine Hennig
    • Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, Österreich
    • +43 (0)662 8044-7590
    • Topic: Media, Land use
    • https://u3green-zgis.hub.arcgis.com/
    • Activity: locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Salzburg
    Promotion of child and youth-friendly urban landscapes through participatory research on urban green The development of child- and youth-friendly cities is becoming increasingly important due to the deteriorating quality of life in urban areas. An important contribution to this relates to the provision of urban green suitable for young people and their involvement in the future design of urban landscapes. However, it must be taken into account that children and the youth make demands on urban...

  • AmphiBiom

    • Institute of Zoology, BOKU University
    • Lukas Landler
    • Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
    • +43 1 47654-83334
    • Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
    • https://www.amphi.at
    • Activity: photography, taking care, observing
    • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphiapp-citizen-science/id6468587877
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotteron.amphiapp
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    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 Citizen Science...

  • Stories of Post-extractive F*utures

    • Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
    • Karin Reisinger
    • Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Wien
    • Topic: History, Politics, Land use, Culture, Gender, Living together
    • https://www.mountains-of-ore.org/de/pef/practice/
    • Activity: photography, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: a local area
    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

    • BOKU University, Naturschutzbund Österreich
    • Katharina Thierolf
    • Frauenlobstr. 24, 55118 Mainz, Deutschland
    • 00491635995997
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • https://www.naturbeobachtung.at/platform/mo/nabeat-t/index.do
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    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...

  • ServeToPe

    • Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU University
    • Katrin Karner and Martin Schönhart
    • Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Wien
    • +43 1 47654-73125
    • Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Water
    • https://servetope.boku.ac.at/
    • Activity: photography, locating, observing
    • Location: Lower Austria, Vienna
    Better governance of ecosystem services at local scales in the Wienerwald region A joint research project of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the University of Vienna. What is ServeToPe studying and what are its goals?Society uses a variety of services that natural ecosystems provide, such as clean water, an attractive landscape for recreational purposes, food, or renewable energy sources. Many of these so-called ecosystem services (ESS) are...

  • GUMPI

    • TU Wien future.lab Research Center and TU Wien Bibliothek
    • Tamara Bauer and Sebastian Harnacker
    • Resselgasse 4, 1040 Wien
    • +43 1 58801 44032
    • Topic: Politics, Land use, Traffic, Living together
    • https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/gumpi_forschung
    • Activity: locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Vienna, a local area
    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...

  • COwLEARNING

    • Institute for Sustainable Economic Development BOKU University
    • Marianne Penker
    • Feistmantelstraße 4 1180 Wien
    • 01 47654-73115
    • Topic: Food, Animals, Land use
    • https://cowlearning.boku.ac.at/
    • Activity: observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Breaking the blame game: COwLEARNING for sustainable beef and dairy supply Our society faces grand challenges, such as mitigating climate change and adapting to its consequences, ensuring a healthy diet and maintaining cultural landscapes with high biodiversity. A sustainable agri-food industry addresses these challenges. In Austria, with its high share of meadows and pastures, cattle husbandry is particularly important. Several aspects of dairy and beef supply are perceived as...

  • Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau

    • future.lab Research Center, TU Wien
    • Christian Peer
    • Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
    • +43 681 2013 6273
    • Topic: Politics, Economy, Land use, Culture, Traffic
    • https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/werkstatt-neu-leopoldau
    • Activity: identifying, rating, discussing, observing
    • Location: Vienna, a local area
    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

    • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    • Steffen Fritz
    • Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
    • (+43) 2236 / 807353
    • Topic: Land use
    • http://fotoquest-go.org
    • Activity: Online game, photography, locating
    • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fotoquest-go/id1162111985?mt=8
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IIASA.FotoQuestGo
    • Location: Europe, Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    “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

    • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    • Steffen Fritz
    • Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
    • (+43) 2236 / 807353
    • Topic: Land use
    • https://www.geo-wiki.org/
    • Activity: Online game, photography, locating
    • Location: Worldwide, Europe, Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    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...

  • CrowdWater

    • Physical Geography Division Department of Geography
    • Prof. Jan Seibert & Dr. Ilja van Meerveld
    • University of Zurich - Irchel Winterthurerstr. 190 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    • +41 44 635 51 74
    • Topic: Weather, Land use, Water, Waste
    • https://crowdwater.ch/en/welcome-to-crowdwater/
    • Activity: Online game, measuring, photography, counting
    • https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crowdwater-spotteron/id1213513623?mt=8
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotteron.crowdwater
    • Location: Worldwide, Europe, Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    CrowdWater is a hydrological citizen science project of the University of Zurich. CrowdWater uses an app to collect data about water. No prior knowledge is required to participate.What is the project about?CrowdWater stands for independent and reliable data collection by anyone with an interest in water. The observations collected with the CrowdWater app can complement existing measurements and be used for hydrological modeling. The method is being developed in Zurich and will also be used...

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