KOHESIO · Q4295174 · AT

Strengthening biodiversity and habitat networking in the March region through habitat management and environmental education (awareness raising) in eco-centers

The River Morava is a unique natural phenomenon in Austria and Slovakia. Together with its wetlands - in the form of natural and semi-natural habitats on both sides of the river and a rare paleontological site - it is part of the Natura 2000 network, cross-border Ramsar area and stepping stone of the Alpine-Carpathian Corridor. The currently unfavorable state of several rare natural sites and a lack of management measures cause the continuous decline of rare habitats and endangered species. The targeted cross-border natural space management, technical supervision, improvement of the environme…

Co-funding: the EU contributes €2.3M toward a total project cost of €2.8M — a co-funding rate of 85%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

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