"Nature and Life in Bregenzerwald" – LEADER II Bregenzerwald is a region in the federal province "Vorarlberg" of the Western part of Austria. It consists of 24 communities with about 30.000 inhabitants. All villages are situated in the mountain area between 600 and 1500 meter sea level. The eco...

The landscape in Austria is characterised by the high proportion of less-favoured areas (LFA). These cover 81% of the total Austrian land area. The impact of the less-favoured area (LFA) schema in the study area is according to the natural and topographical situation substantial. The study area "...

and Forestry in the austrian alpine region - an approach to economic (e)valuation This report was contributed as a national case study to an OECD project on the Applied Evaluation of Biodiversity, being carried out by the Working Group on the Economic Aspects of Biodiversity. It does not necessar...