Biosphere Park Wienerwald (BPWW) Care zones Lower Austria

This data layer is based on the * Ordinance on the core and care zones of the Biosphere Park Wienerwald, NÖ LGBl. No 53/2019 — Issued on 2 July 2019 The Biosphere Park Wienerwald (BPWW) consists of a Viennese and Lower Austrian part, with the Lower Austrian part corresponding to the Wienerwald Landscape Conservation Area, which comprises areas of the following 51 political communities: Alland, Altenmarkt an der Trieste, Altlengbach, Asperhofen, Bad Vöslau, Baden, Berndorf, Brand-Laaben, Breitenfurt near Vienna, Brunn am Gebirge, Eichgraben, Gaaden, Gablitz, Gießhübl, Gumpoldskirchen, Guntramsdorf, Hainfeld, Heiligenkreuz, Hinterbrühl, Hirtenberg, Judenau-Baumgarten, Kaltenleutgabe, Kaumberg, Klausen-Leopoldsdorf, Klosterneuburg, Königstetten, Kottingbrunn, Laab im Walde, Leobersdorf, Maria Enzersdorf, Maria-Anzbach, Mauerbach, Mödling, Neulengbach, Neulengbach, Neustift-Innermanzing, Perchtoldsdorf, Pfaffstätten, Pottenstein, Pressbaum, Purkersdorf, Sieghartskirchen, Sooß, St. Andrä-Wördern, Traiskirchen, Tulbing, Tulln an der Donau, Tullnerbach, Weissenbach an der Trieste, Wienerwald, Wolfsgraben, Zeiselmauer-Wolfpassing The care zones serve on the one hand to protect and preserve species-rich cultural landscapes in the Biosphere Park, as well as as buffer zones around core zones in order to buffer influences on the “urban forests of tomorrow”. In the BPWW, the nursing zones are mainly openland habitats, i.e. those landscapes that are created by grubbing-up and kept open by agricultural use. For more details, see https://www.bpww.at/de/artikel/pflegezonen In nursing zones only the types of grassland use of agriculture and forestry, agricultural and forestry farm site, green belt, preserved buildings in grassland, cemetery, park, wasteland/eco area, water area and open spaces are allowed. Building land may only be dedicated under certain circumstances defined in the Lower Austria LGBl. The care zones cover around 29.000 ha of the Lower Austria share of the BPWW (total area of the BPWW in Lower Austria: 95.100 ha).