Burgenland BeeFit
"Wonderfully close to nature!" Burgenland Bee Fit The association OUR VILLAGE calls for more biodiversity in Burgenland's communities and villages. It says: Helping to shape our future Burgenland "BeeFit"! Nature and climate protection play an increasingly important role in communities. "Active nature conservation and the preservation of biodiversity in Burgenland affects every municipality and must extend beyond our protected areas. We need a holistic approach that goes beyond the status of 'glyphosate-free'. With the nature conservation project 'Burgenland BeeFit' we want to set a sign for the preservation of biodiversity in our communities," explained the head of the association UNSER DORF and nature conservation officer LH-Stv. Astrid Eisenkopf. The association "Our Village" as the new biodiversity platform of the country supports and advises the municipalities in this. If a municipality fulfill certain criteria, it can be distinguished as a "wonderfully close to nature" community. Traffic areas in communities as important habitats of insects and micro-ecosystems! The fact that 80% of all plants and almost 70% of all food crops are pollinated by insects demonstrates the importance of beneficial organisms and thus the importance of their protection. Also, due to the increasing sealing of the landscape as important habitats of insects and micro-ecosystems, traffic areas in communities must not be ignored. The project 'Burgenland beefit' is intended to have a positive impact on the conservation of biodiversity throughout the country and, through active information work and conscious public relations, to sensitize and activate communities and the population for the topics of biodiversity, wild bees, insects and habitats. More courage to mess up Although traffic areas are usually only narrow strips along the roads, paths and sidewalks, due to their linear structures running throughout the country, they are excellently suited to connect the habitats of the beneficial people and thus to ensure the spread of the beneficial ones. The association OUR DORF therefore motivates the communities to have more courage to create disorder for more biodiversity in the community. Adrett-looking, perfectly maintained green spaces are for living beings dead, worthless habitat and from a biological point of view unfortunately empty deserts. "beefit" award for biodiversity promotion measures At the heart of the project is that if communities meet certain criteria, they can be distinguished as "beefit". These include criteria such as the renunciation of pesticides and chemically synthetic fertilisers as well as the use of peat-free potting soil, the installation of flowering areas and small habitats such as deadwood hedges, small biotopes, wild corners in the municipal garden, bird nesting boxes, scattered fruit and wild herb meadows or, for example, the natural design of the children's playground in the village.
„Mehr Artenvielfalt im Dorf bedeutet letztlich auch mehr Lebensqualität. Ein Dorf ist mehr als nur die Häuser und Straßen. Wir alle sind Dorf. Und da heißt es: mitgestalten!“, appelliert Obfrau Astrid Eisenkopf an alle Gemeinden.
Format: Bürgerbeteiligung
