Author: Norbert Sauberer

The status of habitats and species protected under the EU’s Flora-Fauna-Habitat Directive must be assessed at regular intervals in order to reclassify the endangered status of these species and adapt protective measures.We have carried...

Comprehensive management is necessary for areas that are of particular importance for the conservation of species and habitats. Good management of protected areas is based on scientific expertise and derives measures from area-specific monitoring...

In the course of this project, an Austria-wide data collection for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab beetles) and an endangerment classification of these species will be carried out. This is based on the inventory of...

“Oligo- to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea” (FFH-Nr. 3130) are protected throughout the EU as a Habitats Directive Annex I habitat type. Little is actually known about...

Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of organisms on earth, accounting for more than two thirds of known species. However, there is increasing evidence that insect populations are declining significantly worldwide. Based...