BIOEUPARKS

Sölktäler Nature Park AT

Parks in Austria

• 48 Nature Parks– Association of Austrian Nature Parks

• 6 National Parks– National Parks Austria

Sölktäler Nature Park

• In the Centre of Austria

Sölktäler Nature Park

• Located in the Eastern Alps in the Niederen Tauern in the Province of Styria

• 3 Communities:– Kleinsölk,– Großsölk and– St. Nikolai

• 1.600 Inhabitants

Ownership structure

• Small Structured extensive agriculture in the valleys

• Private owned forests

• Sölktäler Nature Park does not own land– Intensive cooperation

with landowners

Protected Areas

• Nature Park– 27.700ha

• Nature 2000– 18.900ha

• Conservation Area– 25.500ha

• Nature reserve– 83ha

Management for protected areas

• For Nature 2000 an external agency is responsible.

• In the project “Green Mountain” a Management Plan is developed

• Different acitivities in protected areas– Almpflegeplan

• Management plan for alpine pasture– Umweltbaustelle

• Volunteers for farmers of alpine pastures– Almrevitalisierung

• Revitalization of alpine pasture after catastrophe in 2010

Biomass Production

Soelktaeler Nature Park

Biomass exploitation area

ha

Forestal area where biomass will be exploited for the supply chain 14.943,00

Biomass exploited for the supply chain Ton

Coniferous forest 5.749,05

Mediterranean forest 327,06

Agricultural area 4.992,00

Total 11.068,12

Certification

• Sölktäler Nature Park has no forests– No experience with certification

• Forest owners in Sölktäler Nature Park use PEFC– Strong regional distribution– Very large acceptance

– Cost effective

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