AUSTRIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO

UNESCO´S MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE

PROGRAMME (MAB)

Summary Report for the Year 2019

Austrian MAB National Committee c/o Austrian Academy of Sciences International Research Programmes Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 1 51581 2771 E-mail: guenter.koeck@oeaw.ac.at WWW: http://www.oeaw.ac.at Homepage of the Austrian MAB Programme: http://www.biosphaerenparks.at/

Wine-growing landscape near the village of Pfaffstätten in the BR “Wienerwald” (Photo: L. Lammerhuber)

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1. NATIONAL COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES AND FUNDING:

In 2013, the Austrian MAB Programme celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since 2011, MAB-Austria is part of the new research structure “Earth System Sciences (ESS)”. ESS, an initiative of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), financed by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), aims at studying the physical, chemical, hydrological, biological, social, technological and economic processes of the Earth System and their interaction. ESS is an interface between Austrian science and international research and is directly integrated in international research programmes and cooperation (e.g. UNESCO´s MAB, IGCP and IHP programmes, WCRP, UNISDR, LTER, ISCAR, Future Earth) through its three National Committees Global Change, Geo/Hydro-Sciences, and Man and the Biosphere (MAB). These NCs, made up of renowned scientists and representatives of several ministries and federal organizations, monitor the Austrian research scene, analyse its strengths and knowledge gaps and work out targeted new research foci. The MAB National Committee supports and advices Austrian biosphere reserves (BRs), develops guidelines and criteria, stimulates and funds research projects and assists research in BRs. Members of the Austrian MAB National Committee: Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Arne Arnberger, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, Department of Spatial-, Landscape-, and Infrastructure-Sciences; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. Peter-Jordan-Straße 65, 1180 Vienna Austria. Phone +43-1-47654-85315, Fax +43-1-47654-85309, arne.arnberger@boku.ac.at; https://www.rali.boku.ac.at/ilen/personen/arne-arnberger/ Vice Chair: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Marianne Penker, Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Feistmantelstraße 4, A-1180 Vienna, Austria. Phone: +43-1-47654-73115; marianne.penker@boku.ac.at; http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/inwe/persoenliche-websites/marianne-penker-website/marianne-penker/ Executive Secretary: Dr. Günter Köck, Austrian Academy of Sciences, International Research Programmes, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, A-1010 Vienna, Tel. ++43 1 51581-2771; guenter.koeck@oeaw.ac.at; http://www.oeaw.ac.at Other Members: Em. Univ. Prof. Dr. Georg Grabherr (University of Vienna), Honorary Member of the MAB Committee Em. Univ. Prof. Dr. Marina Fischer-Kowalski (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna) Univ. Prof. Dr. Norbert Weixlbaumer (University of Vienna) Univ. Prof. Dr. Sigrid Stagl (University of Economics and Business Vienna) Dr. Elisabeth Haring (Natural History Museum Vienna) Dr. Harald Pauli (ÖAW - Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna) Dr. Franz Essl (University of Vienna) Dr. Volker Mauerhofer (Mid-Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden) Mag. Patrizia Jankovic (Austrian Commission for UNESCO) Mag. Ernst-Peter Brezovsky (Ministry of Europe, Integration and International Affairs) Dr. Karolina Begusch-Pfefferkorn (Ministry of Education, Science and Research) Dr. Karl Kienzl (Environmental Agency Austria) DI Maximilian Albrecht (Austrian Federal Provinces) DI Arno Mohl (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) In 2019, two meetings of the Austrian National Committee for MAB took place. The managers of the Austrian BRs participated in the meetings and reported about activities in their region and discussed future research

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strategies with the committee members. One of the meetings was held in the “Wienerwald” BR including the visit of an organic farm and consultations with stakeholders. For the year 2019 the total funding for MAB, provided by the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Research, was

EURO 170.000,- = US$ 186.146,-1

1 Exchange rate per 19/03/2020

This funding was entirely used for research projects and additional MAB-related activities. 2. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF MAB: According to the research agenda for the Austrian MAB Programme, and in response to the priorities set by the International MAB Council, the Austrian National MAB-Committee has focused its research activities predominantly on the needs of Austrian BRs. However, to deepen the involvement of Austrian expertise in international MAB research, the MAB Committee is also funding international research cooperations with BRs and BR projects in foreign countries. Some of the projects approved in the last 5 years include international cooperation with BRs or BR candidates in Peru, Brazil, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Germany and UK. In November 2018, the MAB Committee launched a new call for MAB research projects, aimed at inter- and transdisciplinary research in and for UNESCO biosphere reserves. Within the framework of an international review process, the four best-ranked projects with a total funding volume of approximately 320,000 euros were approved in April 2019. Similar to 2017 the MAB National Committees of Austria and Switzerland have again agreed on a closer cooperation on the MAB sector. Thanks to this cooperation, the new CRAFT project (see table below), which involves cooperation between Austrian and Swiss BRs (Großes Walsertal and Val Müstair) and research institutions (University of Innsbruck and ETH Zürich University of Applied Sciences), is co-financed by the Swiss MAB Committee. Currently, six research projects are funded through the Austrian MAB Programme.

Project Title Coordinator

Creative approaches for socio-ecological transitions: A comparative study of rural-peripheral biosphere reserves as driver of social innovations (CRAFT)

M. Coy (University of Innsbruck)

Land cover classification and -monitoring of the Austrian biosphere reserves based on satellite data (BRmon)

M. Immitzer (University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna)

Nature Based Engineering Solution (NABIS) - Management against Invasive Alien Plants (NABIS)

H.-P. Rauch (University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna)

Transforming grasslands to achieve insect diversity restorative goals and human well-being (DivRESTORE)

T. Frank (University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna)

Perception and Reality of Recreational User Conflicts in the UNESCO Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve (UserConflicts)

R. Eder (University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna)

Lessons Learned for the Management Policy of the Biosphere Reserve "Oxapampa-Ashaninka-Yanesha" (Peru) based upon the inhabitants' local knowledge and available global scientific knowledge (AGROBIO-K_NOW)

C.R. Vogl (University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences Vienna)

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3. CURRENT STATUS OF BRs IN AUSTRIA: Since 2014 and in full accordance with the MAB Programme´s “Process of excellence and enhancement of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) as well as quality improvement of all members of the World Network“, Austria has reduced the number of its BRs from seven to three. However, the remaining areas are very well functioning BRs with a broad range of scientific and educational activities. In 2019, the new BR “Unteres Murtal” joined the WNBR.

Approved: four sites

Großes Walsertal (approved 2000)

The steep-side V-shaped valley, situated in Western Austrian, has very little valley floor and from a geological point of view is divided in two: the northern part is characterized by the soft, green mountains of the Flysch, the southern part by the wildly romantic, craggy peaks and scree of the high limestone Alps. Since livestock farming was the main source of livelihood for centuries, meadows and pastures dominate the landscape of the BR. Due to the traditional hay harvest, the meadows in the region are the most colourful and species-richest in the country. In 2011 the International Advisory Committee for BRs recommended that the site is considered as a model site, whose practices should be shared within the WNBR.

Wienerwald (approved 2005)

The Vienna Woods are the largest contiguous area of deciduous woodland in Central Europe. The area is situated in close vicinity to the city of Vienna. The location of such a large area of woodland on the outskirts of a major city is unique.

Salzburger Lungau und Kärntner Nockberge (approved 2012)

The area consists of a representative example of inner-alpine landscapes with high mountains and deep valleys. The region is a cultural landscape far removed from large conurbations and major traffic routes. A large part of the agricultural land consists of alpine meadows and pastures, and the food specialties of the region – most of them organic and based on local bio-cultural diversity – are of a high quality.

Unteres Murtal (approved 2019)

The BR is a representative example of a continental lowland floodplain with a rich biodiversity of European significance and comprises the second largest riparian forests in Austria. The BR is the nearly identical reflection of the directly adjacent BR in Slovenia, as the Mura River forms the common border and a length of almost 40 km. The scenic Mura Valley is characterised by a mosaic of outstanding habitats and land use systems. The hydrologic preconditions near the river lead to various forms of valuable inland freshwater types, riparian forests, wetlands, and grasslands.

At present, several Austrian regions are discussing chances and options of the biosphere reserve status for their communities.

4. SELECTED ACTIVITIES FROM AUSTRIAN BRs: BR “Salzburger Lungau and Kärntner Nockberge” “Nockmobil”: Mobility in the Nockberge region: Nockmobil is a flexible and demand-oriented form of mobility and an excellent alternative to the own car. It is a call and collection taxi operated by the regional taxi companies and complements the public transport system. The system was initiated by the Nockberge region to offer guests and locals regional and year-round mobility. It is currently supported by eight communities and three tourism regions. With a large number of stops Nockmobil offers a very flexible travel option. https://www.nockmobil.at/ Wildlife ecological fundamentals and visitor guidance project in the Nockberge region: Within the framework of this visitor guidance project, sensitive habitats of various animal species (e.g. red deer, chamois, capercaillie) were investigated by means of surveys conducted on a voluntary basis with landowners and representatives of tourist businesses. At the same time, the trails and areas used for recreation were surveyed. The aim of the project is to develop a solid technical basis for the management of recreational and tourism activities in the Nockberge region. https://www.biosphaerenparknockberge.at/forschung-bildung/wild%C3%B6kologische-grundlagenerhebung/

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“Schlaufux on tour” - Educational Concept for Schools in the Nockberge region In 2019, the project "Educational Concept for Schools" based on three parts was approved. In the first part, well-trained BR rangers visit the schools with a mobile exhibition called "Schlaufux on Tour" in order to get children interested in the BR. In this exciting and interactive exhibition the pupils become explorers and investigate the flora and fauna as well as the geological features of the Nockberge region. The second part is formed by the “outdoor days”, for which the management of the Nockberge Region offers various programmes for school trips, hiking days and project weeks. The third and most important part of the project are the five BR schools. For these schools special teaching material has been created and UNESCO´s BR concept has been included in the curriculum. https://www.biosphaerenparknockberge.at/forschung-bildung/schlaufux/ BR schools in the Lungau region: In the Lungau part of the BR all schools meanwhile have become BR schools that deal with the BR concept in a way that is appropriate for the respective school level. With the appointment as a BR school, the school declares itself to comply with the criteria for BR schools in the Salzburg part of the BR and to actively implement them. In the secondary schools there is a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's). BR “Großes Walsertal”

Regional development concept: The regional development concept was adopted on 27th November 2019 by each of the six municipal councils of the region with a vast majority. This concept is based on the basic principles of the BR and was developed in a 15-month participatory process. About 100 local inhabitants developed the main strategic goals for the next 10-15 years. The main task is to strengthen the principles of the BR, to increase quality of life for their communities, to foster sustainable development of the region and to develop common rules for regional planning.

Natural diversity in the communities - Flowering villages: The main objective of the project „Natural diversity in the communities - Flowering villages in the Great Walser Valley“ was to create awareness, to inform and mobilise the local inhabitants as well as dissemination and networking. The focus was to show possibilities for the promotion of biodiversity in public and private areas. For this purpose, seeds were collected on so-called meadow championship plots, which are characterized by a high biodiversity, and then sown on other plots in the public space in learning locations. The BR management organized workshops with community workers on how to maintain these areas themed“courage to disorder”. The project will continue in 2020. BR “Wienerwald” Biosphere Volunteer 2019: In the BR Wienerwald one of the most pressing tasks to maintain the high biodiversity is to manage areas, that where formerly in sustainable agricultural use, as species rich meadows and pastures. Without managing, these areas will grow over with bushes and turn into forests. The biosphere volunteer project, funded by the ELER program of the EU, involves inhabitants of all age groups, from pupils to pensioners, in managing theses areas. In 2019, the BR management organised twenty events, where meadows, e.g. wetland meadows or dry

Mobile exhibition „Schlaufux on tour“ (Photo credit: Heinz Mayer)

Joint municipal council meeting for the adoption of the regional development concept (Photo credit: heimaten®)

A biosphere volunteer cutting bushes (Photo credit: BPWW-Friedrich)

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grasslands, where tended in order to keep that valuable habitats from overgrowing. The groups of volunteers where cutting bushes, or reed and took the cuttings away. They also built hides for reptiles from the cuttings. Additionally invasive neophytes where removed. Apart from managing habitats, this project has also a strong component of awareness building and nature education for the population.

4. OTHER ACTIVITIES, AWARDS:

April 2019: A group of delegates of the Austrian MAB National Committee and Austrian BRs participated in the EuroMAB-Meeting held from April 2-5, 2019, in the „Dublin Bay Biosphere Reserve” in Ireland. At this meeting it was announced that Austria will host the next meeting of the EuroMAB group. The meeting will take place in September 2021 in the Carinthian part of the BR "Salzburger Lungau and Kärntner Nockberge". The representative of the Austrian MAB Commitee G. Köck was elected as a member of the EuroMAB Steering Committee. A short conference report has been published in German language on the website of the Austrian MAB National Committee. http://www.biosphaerenparks.at/index.php/de/blog/58-euromab-konferenz-2019,-local-actions-for-global-challenges,-dublin-bay-biosphere-reserve,-dublin. Homepage EuroMaB 2021: https://www.euromab2021.at/welcome April-June 2019: In two Austrian BRs changes in the staff of the respective BR managements took place. Since April 2019 Mrs. Anna Weber is the new director of the BR Großes Walsertal, while Mr. Andreas Weiß took over the management of the BR Wienerwald Management. May 2019: The MAB Committee has published "Guidelines of the Austrian National Committee for UNESCO´s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) for the implementation of the Lima Action Plan 2016-2025 in Austrian BRs". This guideline provides an overview of the tasks necessary for the BRs and the responsible stakeholders in Austria in the context of the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the current Lima Action Plan (LAP), and is thus intended to provide assistance in the implementation of the LAP in the Austrian BRs. The position paper of a joint working group of the German MAB National Committee and the Association of German Biosphere Reserves served as an important basis for this text. The text basis was adapted to the Austrian framework conditions. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our German colleagues for their permission to use the text for the Austrian version. The guidelines (in German language) can be downloaded from the website of the Austrian MAB Committee: http://www.biosphaerenparks.at/images/pdf/LAP_%C3%96sterreich_final.pdf. June 2019: The Austrian MAB Committee represented by G. Köck attended the 31st meeting of the the MAB International Coordinating Council in Paris (France). At this session the new Austrian BR “Unteres Murtal” was approved. With the approval of this BR, situated in the Austrian Province of Styria, Austria has not only received its fourth BR, but has also contributed the final piece to the transboundary BR in the Mura-Drava-Danube corridor, which would be the world's first BR consisting of five states (Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Austria). The work on the joint submission of all five countries, which is being co-funded by the Austrian MAB National Committee, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism and the WWF, is expected to be completed by June 2020.

From left: Dietmar Tschiggerl, Franz Kortschak, Werner Grassl, Claudia Reinprecht, Günter Köck, Heinrich Schmidlechner, Margreth Kortschak (Photo credit: Claudia Köck)

The organizers of EuroMAB 2019 and 2021 (from the lefst): Günter Köck, Arne Arnberger (Austrian MAB National Committee), Heinz Mayer (Nockberge-Management), Meriem Bouamrane (MAB Secretariat Paris), Leslie Moore, Shane Casey (both Dublin Bay Biosphere Reserve) (Photo credit: G. Köck)

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June to September 2019: The final conference of the Interreg project "Transboundary Management Programme for the planned 5-country Biosphere Reserve Mura-Drava-Danube" (COOP MDD) took place in Bad Radkersburg (Austria) from June 27-28, 2019. All project partners, including members of the Austrian NC, and more than 100 representatives of other institutions, organisations and projects met not only for the final project presentation, but also to celebrate the recognition of the new Austrian BR "Unteres Murtal" by UNESCO. The new Austrian BR is the last piece in the puzzle for the planned BR "Mura-Drava-Danube", which will consist of five countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Austria). A major challenge for this transboundary BR is that the protection and conservation of this unique river landscape must be coordinated and harmonised. The COOP MDD project, in which the Austrian MAB Committee was involved as Associated Strategic Partner, had the objective of developing common management guidelines for all five countries in cooperation with stakeholders from all five riparian states. This catalogue of guidelines is a first step towards harmonised protected area management and a common basis for river management, forest management, agriculture, hunting, fishing, tourism, spatial planning, environmental education and sustainability. In any national adaptations of guidelines, laws or management plans, as well as in the development of follow-up projects, the participating institutions want to orient themselves towards the jointly developed management guidelines. Members of the MAB Committee were intensively involved in the preparation of the nomination for the proposed new BR “Unteres Murtal”, dedicated as the Austrian contribution to the 5-countries trans-boundary BR (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia) along the Mura-Drava-Danube corridor. The representative of the Austrian MAB Commitee G. Köck participated in two meetings of the International Coordination Board for the transboundary BR project „Mura-Drava-Danube“ in Bad Radkerburg (June 27-28, 2019) and Noscovci (Sept. 19, 2019) aimed at the preparation of the nomination form for the establishment of this worldwide first BR consisting of five countries. September 2019: A group of young people from the Carinthian part of the BR "Salzburger Lungau and Kärntner Nockberge" partcipated in the MAB Youth Forum for the German-speaking BRs organised by the German MAB National Committee. The Austrian participants were enthusiastic about this successful event. The BR Management intends to use this enthusiasm to better promote a stronger involvement of young people in the work of the BR (e.g. through the implementation of a youth council in the BR Committee). October 2019: The representative of the Austrian MAB Commitee G. Köck participated in the UNESCO-MAB Experts Meeting „Linkage between academic institutions and biosphere reserves: application of traditional knowledge and aiming to sustainable coexistance of man and nature in modern times“ from October 23- 5, 2019 in Škocjan (Slovenia). His presentation was entitled „Cooperation between biosphere reserves and research institutions in Austria“. A short conference report has been published in German language on the website of the Austrian MAB National Committee (http://www.biosphaerenparks.at/index.php/de/blog/72-unesco-mab-experts-meeting-linkage-between-academic-institutions-and-biosphere-reserves). Additionally, an article about this meeting was published in the scientific journal “eco.mont”: Köck, G., D. Kranjc, I. Lazar, V. Debevec (2020). From a research vision to a state-of-the-art research strategy: UNESCO experts’ meeting in the Karst and River Reka Basin Biosphere Reserve. eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 12(2), 58-63. https://austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003b9f75.pdf

International TBMDDR Coordination Board Meeting in Bad Radkersburg (Photo credit: Günter Köck)

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6. PUBLICATIONS: The research projects funded by the MAB National Committee yield not only a series of research reports but also a range of research articles in scientific journals. Based on a successful cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press (AASP) almost all Austrian MAB project reports will published online at the AASP homepage. At present, some 34 documents are ready for download from http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/Projektberichte or via the MAB-Austria website http://www.biosphaerenparks.at/. Project reports: Erhalt der biologischen und kulturellen Vielfalt. Modelle für nachhaltige Entwicklungsstrategien im 21. Jahrhundert. Orte der Forschung, Bildung und Umweltbeobachtung (doi: 10.1553/ibk; ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3742-9)

Biosphere Reserves in Austria - Grundlagenerhebung und Stand der Forschung (ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3599-9)

Nachhaltiges Waldbiomassenmanagement im Biosphärenpark Wienerwald (doi: 10.1553/wald, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3839-6, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3839-6) EUROMAB AUSTRIA 2005 Meeting of the Euromab Biosphere Reserve Coordinators and Managers (doi: 10.1553/euromab_austria2005, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3715-3) Leben in Vielfalt (doi: 10.1553/3-7001-3337-5; ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3337-7 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3374-2)

Inspired by diversity (ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3596-8 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3612-5)

Leitfaden für Forschung und Monitoring im Biosphärenpark Wienerwald (doi: 10.1553/lfmbw, ISBN 978-3-7001-3742-9)

Leitfaden für Forschung und Monitoring im Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal (doi: 10.1553/lfmbgw, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3717-7)

Re-designing the Research Agenda of MAB-Austria, in special consideraton of BRIM: A Feasibility Study Final Report (doi: 10.1553/rra_mab)

Monitoring von Luftschadstoffen (NOx und SO2, Schwermetall-, Stickstoff-, Schwefel- und PAH-Depositionen) mittels Moosen im "Biosphärenpark Wienerwald" (doi: 10.1553/luft, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-3852-5, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-3852-5)

Integrated Sustainable Wildlife Management in the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald (doi: 10.1553/ISWIMAB, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6626-9) Redesigning the Biosphere Reserve NeusiedlerSee (doi: 10.1553/rbrns, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-6692-4, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6692-4)

Ökologische und soziale Tragfähigkeiten als Managementherausforderungen für suburbane Biosphärenparke am Beispiel Untere Lobau (doi: 10.1553/MAB-OEST, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6781-5)

Part_b: Partizipationsprozesse in Biosphärenparks – Interventionstheorie, Strategie-analyse und Prozessethik am Beispiel vom Biosphärenpark Wienerwald, Großes Walsertal und Nationalpark Nockberge (doi: 10.1553/ mab-partB, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6870-6)

Transboundary Information Exchange for Revision and Functional Improvement of Zonation of the Lower Morava Biosphere Reserve (Czech Republic) (doi: 10.1553/mab-tierafiz-lmbr-2010, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001- 7025-9, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7025-9)

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Evaluating the zonation for the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald: How well does the conversation zone contribute to biodiversity conservation? (doi: 10.1553/mab_biosphere_wienerwald, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-8136-1) ChecKid - Kids entdecken die Kernzone (doi: 10.1553/Checkid2010, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7038-9)

Geophysikalische Messungen in Tulum (Mexiko) - 2010 (doi: 10.1553/mab-geophys-tulum-2010, ISBN-13: 978-3-7001-6971-0 ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-6971-0) Biokulturelle Vielfalt: Biokulturelle Vielfalt – Vom lokalen Erfahrungswissen zu Pflanzen im Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal (doi: 10.1553/MAB-MOBDIBRGW; ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7347-2)

Perspective Lobau 2020: Exploring management options of a heavily used urban biosphere reserve confronted with new urban developments in its neighbourhood considering a restricted potential for ecosystem development (doi: 10.1553/Lobau2020, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7288-8)

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services as scientific foundation for the sustainable implementation of the Redesigned Biosphere Reserve “Neusiedler See” (doi:10.1553/bioserv-neusiedler-see, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7289-5)

Integrative Sustainable Wildlife Management - Principles, Criteria and Indicators for Hunting, Forestry, Agriculture, Recreation (doi: 10.1553/ISWIMAN, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7216-1)

IESP - Towards Integrated Ecological Spatial Planning for the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve (doi: 10.1553/IESP-Wienerwald, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7292-5)

Biosphärenpark School-Twinning (doi: 10.1553/MAB-BST, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7691-6)

Reservas de la Biosfera de Chile Laboratorios para la Sustentabilidad (doi: 10.1553/ReservasBiosferas1, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7624-4)

Biosphere Reserve Integrated Monitoring – Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge (doi: 10.1553/MAB-BRIM, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-7753-1)

REPAnext - Regional Economic and Perceptional Analyses in an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Future strategies for regional development in the BR Großes Walsertal against the background of demographic change: What comes next? (doi:10.1553/MAB-REPA-Next, ISBN Online 978-3-7001-7992-4)

Biosphere People - Local residents’ views on the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve (doi: 10.1553/ mab_biospherepeople, ISBN Online 978-3-7001-8083-8)

HealthSpaces - Biosphere Reserve Landscapes and Human Health Benefits: Analysing the Potential of the Biosphere reserve Wienerwald on life quality and psychological well-being (doi: 10.1553/mab_healthspaces, ISBN Online 978-3-7001-8056-2) Healthy Alps - Alpine landscapes under global change: Impacts of land-use change on regulating ecosystem services, biodiversity, human health and well-being (doi: 10.1553/ESS-HEALTHY-ALPS, ISBN-13 Online 978-3-7001-8460-7) SamoMAB – Samothraki as a Biosphere Reserve (doi: 10.1553/SamoMAB, ISBN-13 Online 978-3-7001-8498-0) BRIMSEN - Biosphere Reserve Integrated Monitoring based on Social and Environmental ecosystem services (doi: 10.1553/MAB-BRIMSEN, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-8617-5) AkIdEn - Akzeptanz, Identifikation und Engagement: Ansichten und Mitwirkung der Bevölkerung in UNESCO Biosphärenreservaten (doi: 10.1553/MAB-AkIdEn, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-8476-8)

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ENESUS – Experimental Networks for Sustainability (doi: 10.1553/MAB-ENESUS, ISBN-13 Online: 978-3-7001-8362-4)

List of selected articles in books, scientific journals and conference/workshop papers: Bohner, A., Karrer, J., Walcher, R., Brandl, D., Michel, K., Arnberger, A., Frank, T., Zaller, J.G. (2019). Ecological

responses of semi-natural grasslands to abandonment: case studies in three mountain regions in the Eastern Alps. FOLIA GEOBOT. 54(3-4): 211-225. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12224-019-09355-2.

Fischer-Kowalski, M. (2019). How science supports a sustainability transition on Samothraki. Samothraki

Open Forum 2019 “Sustainable Growth through Synergies”. Samothraki, June 29, 2019. Fischer-Kowalski, M. and P. Petridis (ed.). 2019. 5th Summer School on “Aquatic and Social Ecology” on

Samothraki, Greece. Social Ecology Working Paper 178. Available online: https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H03000/H73000/H73700/Publikationen/Working_Papers/WP178_Web_PDFA.pdf.

Frank, T, A. Arnberger, A. Bohner, M. Brandl, R.I. Hussain, B. Maas, D. Moser, R. Walcher, J.G. Zaller (2019):

Agrobiodiversity: abandonment of mountainous grasslands and establishment of lowland grasslands. 49th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Münster, GERMANY, Sept. 9-13, 2019. In: Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 49, 120-120.

Höglhammer, A., A. Muhar and P. Stokowsky (2019). Access to and use of the Wienerwald Biosphere Reserve

by Turkish and Chinese people living in Austria –implications for planning. eco.mont -Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 11(2), 11-17. http://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003abf04.pdf.

Hussain, R.I., R. Walcher, R. Eder, B. Allex, P. Wallner, H.P. Hutter, N. Bauer, A. Arnberger, J.G. Zaller, T. Frank

(2019). Management of mountainous meadows associated with biodiversity attributes, perceived health benefits and cultural ecosystem services. SCI Rep-UK. 2019; 9, 14977. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51571-5.

Hussain, R.I., R. Walcher, R. Eder, B. Allex, P. Wallner, H.P. Hutter, N. Bauer, A. Arnberger, J.G. Zaller, T. Frank

(2019). Biodiversität und Gesundheit. Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. https://www.gfoe.org/de.

Jernej, I. A., Bohner, R. Walcher, R.I. Hussain, A. Arnberger, J.G. Zaller, T. Frank (2019). Impact of land-use

change in mountain semi-dry meadows on plants, litter decomposition and earthworms. WEB ECOL. 2019; 19(1), 53-63. https://www.web-ecol.net/19/53/2019/.

Köck, G. (2019). Vielfalt genießen - Die österreichischen Biosphärenparks als Modellregionen für regionalen

Genuss. In: GEOGRAFIEN DES ESSENS - Perzeption und Rezeption von Schutzgebieten im Spiegel kulinarischer regionaler Produkte. I. Mose und N. Weixlbaumer (eds.), BIS-Verlag der Universität Oldenburg, ISBN 978-3-8142-2366-7, 234 pp., 139-181. http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/4317/1/2366-7__WGS__Mose-Weixlbaumer__Geographie_des_Essens.pdf.

Köck, G. (2019). MAB Research in Austria. Zweites Österreichische Formum zu Biodversität &

Ökosystemleistungen, 18. Dezember 2019, Wien (Österreich). Köck, G. (2019). Cooperation between biosphere reserves and research institutions in Austria. Presented at

the UNESCO-MAB Experts Meeting „Linkage between academic institutions and biosphere reserves:

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application of traditional knowledge and aiming to sustainable coexistance of man and nature in modern times“, October 23-25, 2019, Škocjan (Slovenia).

Köck, G. (2019). Wie sich die Alpen in 25 Jahren verändert haben. Book review: Alpenwanderer - Eine

dokumentarische Fußreise von Wien nach Nizza. D. Siegrist (ed.). eco.mont - Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research 12(1), 71. https://austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003b2a2c.pdf.

Noll, D., D. Wiedenhofer, M. Fischer-Kowalski (2019). The role of science in the sustainability transition of

agriculture: A case study from Samothraki, Greece. XVII European Rural Development Network Conference: CAP 2021+: balanced development among the dimensions of rural sustainability. September 24-26. Velké Bílovice, Czech Republic.

Noll, D., D. Wiedenhofer, M. Fischer-Kowalski (2019). The Island Samothraki As A Real-World Lab For

Sustainable Livestock Farming. NEST Conference: Transitions to where? Shared values and visions for sustainability transitions. April 4-5. Lisbon, Portugal.

Noll, D., D. Wiedenhofer, A. Miatto, S.J. Singh (2019). The expansion of the built environment, waste

generation and EU recycling targets on Samothraki, Greece: An island’s dilemma. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 150, 104405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104405.

Panagopoulos, Y., E. Dimitriou, N. Skoulikidis (2019). Vulnerability of a Northeast Mediterranean Island to

Soil Loss. Can Grazing Management Mitigate Erosion? Water 11, 1491. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071491.

Rumpld, P.A., C. Klenovec (2019). Bergkäse aus dem Biosphärenpark Großes Walsertal - ein

berglandwirtschaftliches Regionalprodukt in Perzeption und PraxisVielfalt genießen - Die österreichischen Biosphärenparks als Modellregionen für regionalen Genuss. In: GEOGRAFIEN DES ESSENS - Perzeption und Rezeption von Schutzgebieten im Spiegel kulinarischer regionaler Produkte. I. Mose und N. Weixlbaumer (eds.), BIS-Verlag der Universität Oldenburg, ISBN 978-3-8142-2366-7, 234 pp., 209-231. http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/4317/1/2366-7__WGS__Mose-Weixlbaumer__Geographie_des_Essens.pdf.

Walcher, R., R.I. Hussain, L. Sachslehner, A. Bohner, I. Jernej, J.G. Zaller, A. Arnberger, T. Frank (2019), Long-

term abandonment of mountain meadows affect bumblebees, true bugs and grasshoppers: a case study in the Austrian Alps. Appl.Ecol.Env.Res. 17(3), 5887-5908. http://aloki.hu/pdf/1703_58875908.pdf.

Weixlbaumer, N., I. Mose (2019). Geographien des Essens im Kontext von Schutzgebieten und regionalen

kulinarischen Produkten. In: GEOGRAFIEN DES ESSENS - Perzeption und Rezeption von Schutzgebieten im Spiegel kulinarischer regionaler Produkte. I. Mose und N. Weixlbaumer (eds.), BIS-Verlag der Universität Oldenburg, ISBN 978-3-8142-2366-7, 234 pp., 7-22. http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/4317/1/2366-7__WGS__Mose-Weixlbaumer__Geographie_des_Essens.pdf.

Vienna, 26/08/2020

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