"Nature and Life in Bregenzerwald" – LEADER II Bregenzerwald is a region in the federal province "Vorarlberg" of the Western part of Austria. It consists of 24 communities with about 30.000 inhabitants. All villages are situated in the mountain area between 600 and 1500 meter sea level. The eco...

A Holistic Approach to Mountain Develpment Research in Austria Within the ISDEMA project a re-assessment of the basic requirements for sustainable development in mountain regions has been discussed. The case studies from a series of different mountain ranges in Europe underpin the need to relate ...

under the EU regulation 1257/99 in Austria and in other EU Member States Austria has gained considerable experience with mountain farming subsidies and regional programmes specific to the mountain area over recent decades. Since the early 1970s a differentiated classification system has been the ...