Objective
A wide range of measures will be needed to tackle the threats effectively. As the project is divided into 7 subsites (2 sections of stream, 4 fishponds, 1 bog) , not all of which have yet been sufficiently examined scientifically, the missing data will be collected and management plans drawn up. The lease of angling concessions and the purchase of strips along the banks will pave the way for removing fir monocultures and establishing protection zones along the edges of watercourses. Concerning the fishponds, LIFE will be used to embark on a programme for ecological fish farming. Pond owners will contractually commit themselves to exploit the ponds extensively and preserve terrestrialization zones. This programme will benefit nature without generating financial drawbacks for fishpond owners, which should guarantee general acceptance for the LIFE project amongst the local communities.
A discreet tip for nature lovers: the Waldviertel in the northern part of Lower Austria, where the LIFE project area (Gmünd district, close to the Czech border) offers a landscape marked by wooded hills, swift streams and a spectrum of wetlands. Centre stage are the still very natural Lainsitz and Reiszbach streams, escorted by galleries of ash and alder trees and eutrophic tall herbs, as well as centuries-old fish ponds with their banks and terrestrialization zones, which harbour a range of species. The origin of some of these fishponds goes back to the 13th century! Today they are important secondary habitats for little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), white-eyed pochard (Aythya nyroca) and spotted crake (Porzana porzana), to name but a few. The sizeable otter population is also worthy of mention. This natural heritage is threatened by regulation of the streams, intensive agriculture and fish farming and the dredging of the terrestrialization zones in the fishponds.
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1160 Wien
Austria
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