evropska konvencija o krajini - Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo in prostor

122Delavnica 2 / Workshop 2štiri strokovnjake za regionalni razvoj, varstvonarave in trženje.Primeri projektovProjektno delo Arbeitskreis Wachau seosredotoča na šest večjih tem, opisanih vnadaljevanju. Določena vprašanja – na primersocialne teme, kot sta »ženske in življenje napodeželju« ali »mladina in življenje na podeželju«– so pomembne in lahko postanejo teme vprihodnosti, toda trenutno še niso.Varstvo naraveOd leta 2003 je Wachau prav tako prizoriščevelikega projekta, ki ga financira naravovarstvenofinančno orodje EU »LIFE Nature«. Večkot 70 % našega projektnega denarja bo v letihod 2002 do 2008 vloženega v ta projekt.Projekt LIFE Nature sam zaposluje dva človeka.Pomembnejši posamezni projekti so ponovnapovezava rokavov reke Donave z glavnim rečnimkoritom. Čeprav gre za ekološke projekte, v večjiali manjši meri dajejo videz običajnih gradbenihobmočij. Stari rečni rokavi se očistijo tako, da bovoda z Donave tekla vanje vse leto. To pomagaznačilnim ribam v prostem toku Donave, danajdejo mesta, kjer izležejo svoja jajčeca in kjerse mlade ribice lahko razvijejo. Te ribe zapreživetje potrebujejo plitka območja in počasnevode. Takšna območja so dandanes izjemnoredka, celo vzdolž prostega toka reke Donave vWachauu. Drug način za pomoč tem rekam jeizgradnja majhnih prodnatih otočkov v bližinibregov – prav tako podpiramo izgradnjo tehotočkov.Drug pomemben del projekta je valorizacijasuhih travnikov v regiji. Ti habitati potrebujejoneprestano, vendar ne intenzivno skrb človeka,da se ne bi spremenili v gozdove, kar bipomenilo izgubo velikega števila ogroženihmajhnih rastlin (na primer različnih vrst orhidej),ki rastejo na teh travnikih. Zaradi tega projektLIFE Nature plačuje ljudi, ki redno kosijo tetravnike, ali pa spustijo na te travnike ovce, ki jihnekaj tednov mulijo, tako da se majhna drevesain grmičje poškodujejo in ne morejo zrasti.Regija je prav tako financirala projekt LEADER +,ki je priskrbel sredstva za ponovno naselitevizumrle, pa vendar zelo značilne vrste metulja zato regijo.After creating the vision, the region looked forfinancial support in order to make the visioncome true. This is why the Wachau became oneof 15 LEADER+ regions in Lower Austria andalso became the site of one of the largest LIFENature projects in Austria. The association –which used to be a 100 % volunteer organization– currently employs four specialists on regionaldevelopment, nature protection, and marketing.Project examplesThe project work of Arbeitskreis Wachau focuseson six major topics, which shall be describedbelow. Certain issues – e. g. social topicslike »women and countryside life« or »youthand countryside life« – are important and maybecome topics in the future, but currently theyare not.Nature protectionSince 2003, the Wachau is also site of a largeproject which is financed by the EU nature protectionfinance tool »LIFE Nature«. More than 70% of our project money from 2002 to 2008 willbe invested into this project. The LIFE Natureproject employs two people on its own.Main detail projects are the reconnection of oldbranches of the Danube river to the main riverbed. Although these are ecology projects, theymore or less look like normal building sites. Theold river branches are dredged so that Danubewater will flow through them all year round. Thishelps the typical fish of the freely flowing Danubeto find places where to lay their eggs andwhere the young fish may develop. These fishneed shallow areas with slowly flowing water tosurvive. Such areas are very seldom nowadays,even along the freely flowing Danube in theWachau. Another way to help these fish is tobuild small gravel islands near the banks – wealso support building these islands.Another important part of the project is the valorizationof dry lawn meadows in the region.These habitats need constant but not intensivecare by the human being in order not to becomeforests, which would mean that they lost a largenumber of endangered small plants (like differentkinds of orchids) that grow on these meadows.Therefore the LIFE Nature project financespeople who mow these areas constantly, or we