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  • Young Citizen Science PolliDiversity

    • HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein
    • Verena Mayer
    • Raumberg 38 8952 Irdning-Donnersbachtal
    • 06769232306
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Health, Living together
    • https://raumberg-gumpenstein.at/projekte/pollidiversity-young-citizen-science-fuer-biologische-vielfalt.html
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, observing
    • Location: Styria
    In the PolliDiversity project, students explore flowering areas and observe pollinating insects like wild bees. Using digital tools, they collect scientific data and learn how to protect and experience biodiversity.What are the aims of the project?In the PolliDiversity project, students investigate the development of flowering areas using the ReNatura® BW3 Gumpenstein wildflower mixture, observe wild bees and other pollinators, and collect scientific data using digital tools. The goal is to...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • City-Zen Boden

    • Institute of Soil Research, BOKU University
    • Franz Zehetner
    • Peter-Jordan-Straße 82 | 1190 Wien
    • +43 1 47654-91118
    • Topic: Food, Plants
    • https://cityzenboden.com/
    • Activity: measuring, taking care, experimenting
    • Location: Vienna
    “Healthy Soil" research platform for Viennese community gardensAs a follow-up project to "Heavy Metal City-Zen", we are once again inviting Viennese community gardens, garden projects or similar garden initiatives to take part in this project and conduct research together with us. The aim of this project is to scientifically assess the potential risk of heavy metal contamination of crops in Viennese city gardens and to investigate the extent of soil contamination with microplastics.We...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Phänoflex

    • Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung
    • Barbara Steurer and Klaus Wanninger
    • Gußhausstraße 6, 1040 Wien
    • 0043-(0)1-5051891-25
    • Topic: Plants, Weather
    • https://www.mahdzeitpunkt.at/
    • Activity: observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Flexibilisation of WF-mowing dates according to the phenological model The ÖPUL-measure Nature Conservation results in farmers usually having an agreement on a fixed mowing date. Due to the ongoing climate change, vegetation development fluctuates more and more especially during spring and early summer. Therefore, it was proposed to expand the flexibility of harvest date requirements. For this purpose, over a hundred farmers all over Austria started to observe the course of panicle...

  • C.S.I. PhänoBiota

    • Natur- und Geopark Steierische Eisenwurzen
    • Martin Gebeshuber
    • Markt 35 8933 St. Gallen
    • 0664/1338236
    • Topic: Plants
    • https://www.eisenwurzen.com/mein-natur-und-geopark/csi-phaenobiota-forschen-mit-pflanzlichen-neuankoemmlingen-aus-aller-welt/
    • Activity: measuring, observing, experimenting
    • Location: Styria
    Research with new plant aarivals from all over the worldDURATION: 01.05.2020 - 30.04.2023In a first-of-its-kind approach in Europe, pupils in the district of Liezen are researching and documenting the phenological development of invasive neophytes under the influence of climate change. With the help of experts, they develop and test modern, multilingual field research instruments and educational tools, thus laying the foundation for a long-term, nationwide Citizen Science network. The...

  • City Nature Challenges in Austria

    • Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
    • Tanja Lumetsberger
    • Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems
    • 004327328932344
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms
    • https://www.citynaturechallenge.at
    • Activity: photography, identifying, observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Every observation counts!The City Nature Challenge (short: CNC) is an annual nature competition between regions that takes place in spring (usually at the end of April, beginning of May) and is held simultaneously in various cities and regions worldwide. On four consecutive days, people around the world document the diversity of wild animal, plant and fungi species in their region using photos and sound recordings and share them on iNaturalist. Together with others the observations are then...

  • PolliDiversity 2.0

    • HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein Stabstelle für Akquisition
    • Verena Mayer
    • Altirdning 11 8952 Irdning-Donnersbachtal
    • 0676/9232306
    • Topic: Plants, Animals
    • https://raumberg-gumpenstein.at/schule/schule-aktuelles/citizen-science-zum-ersten-mal-an-der-hblfa-raumberg-gumpenstein-mit-dem-projekt-pollidiversity.html
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, taking care
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Compared to PolliDiversity, PolliDiversity 2.0. is still about creating habitats for insects, but the tasks of the citizen scientists have changed somewhat due to usability. The project was offered for the first time at the Citizen Science Award in 2021. In 2022, the second round took place in a modified form. Due to career changes of the project participants, the project will not be offered in 2023, but further project runs are planned for the future.The aim of PolliDiversity 2.0. is to...

  • Pollen Diary

    • Verein Österreichischer Polleninformationsdienst
    • Dr. med. Berger Markus
    • Tuchlauben 7a, 1010 Wien
    • Topic: Plants, Weather, Health
    • https://www.pollentagebuch.at/Phd/de/start
    • Activity: measuring, locating, rating, observing
    • https://itunes.apple.com/at/app/pollen/id515301928?l=de
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=screencode.pollenwarndienst
    • Location: Europe, Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    The Pollen Diary was launched back in 2009 as a scientific project as part of a master's thesis at the WU Vienna Executive Academy. Meanwhile it has become an important service for pollen allergy sufferers in 13 European countries: Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. The number of users is growing every year, not at least because of the projects that were made possible by the Pollen Diary, such as the...

  • Homegrown

    • Institut für Ökologischen Landbau Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
    • Christian R. Vogl
    • Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Gregor Mendel Straße 33 1180 Wien
    • +43 (0)1 47654 93312
    • https://boku.ac.at/nas/ifoel/arbeitsgruppen/ag-wissenssysteme-und-innovationen-agwi/projekte/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...

  • Ragweed Finder

    • Verein Österreichischer Polleninformationsdienst
    • Dr. med. Berger Markus
    • Tuchlauben 7a, 1010 Wien
    • +43 699 14247779
    • Topic: Plants, Health
    • https://www.ragweedfinder.at/
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
    • https://apps.apple.com/at/app/ragweed-finder/id1473400576
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.screencode.ragweedfinder&hl=de_AT&gl=US
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    The Ragweed Finder was developed in 2017 by the Austrian Pollen Information Service at MedUni Vienna and has also been available to download as an app for Android and iOS since 2019.The Ragweed Finder consists of four components:Specimen reportRagweed distribution mapInformation about RagweedManual to recognize ragweedSpecimen reportThe most important data such as location, population size and symptoms can be entered quickly using the specimen report. Uploading a photo is mandatory...

  • Citree

    • Department of Botany - University of Innsbruck
    • Stefan Mayr
    • Sternwartestr. 15, 6020 Innsbruck
    • 0043 512 507 51001
    • Topic: Plants, Land use
    • http://www.citree.net/
    • Activity: measuring, locating, taking care, observing
    • Location: Tyrol
    With the Citizen Science Project "CITREE" a crowdsourcing instrument for monitoring the growth of urban trees, will be developed and used. It builds on the "Sparkling Science" project "Woody Woodpecker", which deals with the growth, structure and function of wood.Urban trees fulfill a variety of functions, such as improving the microclimate and air, noise protection or the design of public spaces. Monitoring of urban trees is important because climate change leads to an intensification of...

  • Nature conservation monitoring

    • "Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung" (ÖKL)
    • Barbara Steurer
    • Gußhausstraße 6, 1040 Wien, Austria
    • +43 (0)1/5051891-17
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use
    • https://www.naturschutzmonitoring.at/
    • Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, taking care, observing
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    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...

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