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Nature protection and biodiversity
Why should we care?
Within the Austrian territory of 83,858 km2 the Alpine, Continental and Pannonic biogeographic regions meet another. 32% of the area of the Alps lies in Austria, the largest percentage of any of the Alpine countries.
The wide range of landscapes and climates provides scope for a huge diversity of different habitats and a large number of species. Farmland and forests account for 77% of the land area. The close interaction between farming and nature and the small-scale nature of the farming combine to produce traditional forms of management which often encourage biodiversity. Biodiversity and the cultivated landscape are closely interwoven in Austria.