Nature protection and biodiversity - Why care? (Austria)

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 smallscale 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. 

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