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Citizen Science Am Heidjöchl

Project lead: Andreas Baur
City of Vienna - District planning and zoning
Address: Rathausstraße 14-16, 1010 Wien
Telephone: +43676811888596
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use, Living together
Activity: photography, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://mitgestalten.wien.gv.at/de-DE/projects/citizen-science-am-heidjochl

Surveying and experiencing biodiversity togetherOn the site of the future "Am Heidjöchl" district, the City of Vienna is working with experts and citizens to survey biodiversity over the course of a whole year. These findings will be incorporated into the design of the new district.What are the aims of the project?The fundamental planning objective of the project is to ensure that biodiversity in the new “Am Heidjöchl” district is higher than it is today in the area. In order to...

naturbeobachtung.at

Project lead: Gernot Neuwirth
"Naturschutzbund Österreich"
Address: Naturschutzbund Österreich Museumsplatz 2 5020 Salzburg
Telephone: (+43) 662 / 642909 - 20
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.naturbeobachtung.at/platform/mo/nabeat/index.do
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Since 2006, a wide variety of nature observations can be reported on naturbeobachtung.at. Specially designed reporting masks for various groups of animals, plants and fungi allow detailed entries. The reporters can, as far as possible, identify their observations taxonomically or report them as "undetermined species". The latter can then be subsequently identified by the community. Optionally, more precise reports are possible, e. g. with weather data or a detailed description of the site...

Nature conservation monitoring

Project lead: Barbara Steurer
"Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung" (ÖKL)
Address: Gußhausstraße 6, 1040 Wien, Austria
Telephone: +43 (0)1/5051891-17
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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...

Fire Database

Project lead: Harald Vacik
Institute of Silviculture, BOKU University
Address: Peter-Jordan-Str. 82, 1190 Wien
Telephone: +43-1-47654-91318
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Topic: Plants, Weather, Disasters, Economy, Land use
Activity: photography, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://fire.boku.ac.at/firedb/en/
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Since 2008, the Institute of Silviculture at BOKU University, Vienna, has been analyzing the occurrence, distribution, causes and characteristics of forest fires in Austria as part of various research projects. The data series spans several decades and includes around 8000 fires, of which around 7000 are forest fires. The last 20 years are the best documented. The Institute of Silviculture has created the web GIS platform “Fire Database”, which is freely accessible and allows interested...

Pollen Diary

Project lead: Dr. med. Berger Markus
Verein Österreichischer Polleninformationsdienst
Address: Tuchlauben 7a, 1010 Wien
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Topic: Plants, Weather, Health
Activity: measuring, locating, rating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.pollentagebuch.at/Phd/de/start
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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...

Citree

Project lead: Stefan Mayr
Department of Botany - University of Innsbruck
Address: Sternwartestr. 15, 6020 Innsbruck
Telephone: 0043 512 507 51001
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Topic: Plants, Land use
Activity: measuring, locating, taking care, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: http://www.citree.net/

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...

Ragweed Finder

Project lead: Dr. med. Berger Markus
Verein Österreichischer Polleninformationsdienst
Address: Tuchlauben 7a, 1010 Wien
Telephone: +43 699 14247779
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Topic: Plants, Health
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.ragweedfinder.at/
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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...

Biodiversity at cemeteries

Project lead: Thomas Filek
Institute of Zoology, BOKU University
Address: Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33/I 1180 Wien
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms, Land use
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.baf-austria.at/
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Since April 2021, the BaF-Biodiversität am Friedhof project has been researching biodiversity in Austrian cemeteries in collaboration with Friedhöfe Wien GmbH, with a special focus on Vienna's cemeteries. The aim is to document biodiversity and analyse the impact of human activities on these urban habitats. This close cooperation between BOKU and urban cemeteries enables a deep understanding of the diverse ecosystems and supports the development of sustainable measures to protect...

City Nature Challenges in Austria

Project lead: Tanja Lumetsberger
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
Address: Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Str. 30, 3500 Krems
Telephone: 004327328932344
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Mushrooms
Activity: photography, identifying, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.citynaturechallenge.at

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...

Phänoflex

Project lead: Barbara Steurer and Klaus Wanninger
Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung
Address: Gußhausstraße 6, 1040 Wien
Telephone: 0043-(0)1-5051891-25
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Topic: Plants, Weather
Activity: observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.mahdzeitpunkt.at/

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...

Bumblebee Monitoring Austria

Project lead: Katharina Thierolf
BOKU University, Naturschutzbund Österreich
Address: Frauenlobstr. 24, 55118 Mainz, Deutschland
Telephone: 00491635995997
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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...

On the trail of springs

Project lead: Ellensohn Lukas
KLAR! Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal
Address: Boden 34 - 6731 Sonntag
Telephone: +43 5554 20010
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Weather, Land use, Culture, Geology, Water
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.grosseswalsertal.at/de/Den_Quellen_auf_der_Spur_-_Quellenkartierung_im_Biosphaerenpark_Grosses_Walsertal_2

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...

DANUBE4all

Project lead: Helmut Habersack
BOKU University
Address: Am Brigittenauer Sporn 3
Telephone: +43 1 47654-81901, 81911
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Geology, Traffic, Water, Waste, Living together
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.danube4allproject.eu/

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...

Phänologie - Naturkalender - Phenowatch

Project lead: Kerstin Haslehner
GeoSphere Austria
Address: Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Wien
Telephone: 01360262211
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Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Weather, Health
Activity: photography, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.phenowatch.at
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Since 1851, we have been researching the changes in weather, climate and nature and what this means for us humans by observing plants and animals. These phenological observations help, for example, in climate research, agriculture and pollen forecasting in order to better deal with climate change.What are the aims of the project?Plants act as an integrating measuring instrument for a variety of environmental factors such as weather conditions in the past and current vegetation...

Biodiverciti

Project lead: Sebastian Seebauer
JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbh, LIFE Institut für Klima, Energiesysteme und Gesellschaft
Address: Waagner-Biro-Straße 100/9, 8010 Graz
Telephone: +43 316 876 7654
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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...

Young Citizen Science PolliDiversity

Project lead: Verena Mayer
HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Address: Raumberg 38 8952 Irdning-Donnersbachtal
Telephone: 06769232306
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Health, Living together
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, observing
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://raumberg-gumpenstein.at/projekte/pollidiversity-young-citizen-science-fuer-biologische-vielfalt.html

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...

Tree-Quest

Project lead: Milutin Milenkovic
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Address: Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Telephone: +43 2236 807 0
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Topic: Plants, Land use
Activity: measuring, photography
Participation: Open participation
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...

Adapt4k

Project lead: Rebecca Hood-Nowotny
Institut for Soil Research, BOKU University
Address: Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 47654-91176
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Topic: Plants, Animals
Activity: measuring, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://adapt4k.com/

ADAPT4K explores how forests can better cope with climate change together with citizens and forest owners. By collaboratively observing and measuring forests, valuable knowledge for their future is generated. What are the aims of the project? The aim of ADAPT4K is to support climate-resilient forest development in Lower Austria together with the public. Over several years, data on forest conditions—such as drought stress, tree...

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.

Project lead: Irene Gianordoli
Bundesforschungszentrum für Wald (BFW)
Address: Seckendorff-Gudentweg 8, 1131 Wien
Telephone: 01878381355
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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...

Climate Ready Schools

Thermal image of a school class in front of the school building

Project lead: Martin Schneider
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Address: Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Wien
Telephone: 066478588203
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Topic: Plants, Weather, Politics, Land use, Living together
Activity: Offline participation
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://climatereadyschools.at/

The impacts of rising heat are becoming increasingly noticeable in the school context as well. To enable Austrian schools to adapt to future climate conditions, the project ‘Climate Ready Schools’ is researching ways to increase their climate resilience. What are the aims of the project? In Climate Ready Schools, students, teachers, and school administrations from six partner schools are actively involved in the scientific work as...