📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
About 12 volunteers will participate in this great attempt to maintain the typical natural environment/biodiversity of the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald. We also want to show politicians and local communities that there are young people who do not shun hard work, who care for nature and who are willing to sacrifice their spare time to help conserve areas worthy of protection.
💼 What the programme involves
Dry grasslands form a rare and endangered habitat in the Biosphere Reserve Wienerwald. We will cut grass, bushes and trees, and remove the biomass from the areas to suppress the beginning of forest growth. Our goal is to conserve and enhance biodiversity in unique and rare habitats.
We will also have time to get to know each other and learn about ecological protection.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying at the scout centre NÖ Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Landesverband, near Vienna, Austria. The facility is equipped with dormitories, bath rooms and a common kitchen. Volunteers are accommodated in the dormitories. Regular public transport is available.
📍 About the location
The Wienerwald was designated as a Biosphere Reserve in 2005 by UNESCO. This standing protects the great variety of natural and cultural elements that make this region so unique and valuable. The Wienerwald BR covers an area of 105,645 hectares and extends across 51 communities in Lower Austria and seven municipal districts in Vienna. Some 815,000 people live in this region.
⚠️ Requirements
We will work every day for 5-6 hours with the breaks in between. We will have some free days in between and also free afternoons. The work will be physical and in steep terrain. Therefore, some basic fitness as well as solid ankle-high hiking boots are required. Before you sign up for this camp, PLEASE make sure that you are healthy enough to participate.
ℹ️ Additional information
This Camp is founded by the European Solidarity Corps programme (ESC). The ESC programme is a programme of the European Union offering opportunities to young people wishing to engage through volunteering or solidarity projects.
Since this Camp is founded by the European Union there are some special conditions you have to take into the consideration:
The Camp is open for people who are between 18 and 30 years old and are residents of the European Union or EU partner countires.
We can cover all essential costs of the program (including food, travel costs depending on distance of your destination, visa costs, accommodation) through a European project grant.
