Rescue of the sturgeon: New rearing station opened in Vienna's Danube!

Rescue of the sturgeon: New rearing station opened in Vienna's Danube!

in Vienna is undertaken with the new breeding station for sturgeons, which was set up as part of the EU project Life-Boat4sturgeon, a significant step towards protecting the endangered interference types in the Danube cocks. The project is carried out under the direction of the life-boat4sturgeon project is the awareness of the population, especially among schoolchildren. Guided tours for interested parties are to be offered from summer 2023. The project has the ambitious goal of raising a total of 1.6 million young fish by 2030, which will then be released into different sections of the Danube. The understanding of biodiversity and the preservation of the Donau living space should be promoted.

The protection of the sturgeon types is not just a local matter. The Project obtains organizations such as the WWF from Romania, Ukraine and Bulgaria and is supported by various partners, including the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the City of Vienna. Six nature conservation measures take the vital steps to save the species.

biodiversity as a social responsibility

In addition, commitment to biodiversity is an important topic in educational institutions. In this context, the project "Biodiv in the Natural Area School", which has been launched by the Pusch Foundation since autumn 2019, promotes the ecological upgrading of school areas and the awareness of the students to the importance of biodiversity. Over 5000 pupils have already been reached and the foundation offers materials and advice to support biodiversity projects at primary schools.

Overall, it is clear that the preservation of endangered species such as the disturbance is not only a task for environmental organizations, but also a responsibility that schools and municipalities can take together together. The Life-Boat4sturgeon Project in Vienna is a trend-setting example of successful, multifunctional approaches to protect biodiversity.