Federal research and training center for forests, natural hazards and landscape

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AustriaAustria  Federal Research and Training Center for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW)p1
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State level Federal level
position Subordinate agency
legal form Public institution
At sight Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
founding 1874 (as AöR 2005)
Headquarters Vienna 13 (1131), Seckendorff-Gudent-Weg 8
management Gerhard Mannsberger (owner representative), Johannes Schima (chairman economic council), Peter Mayer (head)
Employee 288 (2012)
sales 21 million euros
Website bfw.ac.at

The Austrian Federal Research and Training Center for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape ( BFW ) is an institution under public law and was spun off from the Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (today: Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism ) in 2005 . The BFW was set up in 1874 by Emperor Franz Josef as the Imperial and Royal Forestry Test Management.

Research areas are:

  • the sustainable multifunctional use, design and protection of forest ecosystems and drinking water catchment areas
  • long-term ecosystem changes and the preservation and promotion of biological diversity
  • the protection against natural hazards and the handling of georisks

It consists of six specialist institutes, two forestry training centers ( FAST Traunkirchen , near Gmunden in Upper Austria and FAST Ossiach in Ossiach in Carinthia), a library and documentation center, and several internal service centers. The BFW currently has a total of 280 employees.

The head office is in Schönbrunn in Vienna , there is also a location in Innsbruck in Tyrol, an experimental garden near Tulln, and a teaching and experimental forest in Carinthia.

From 2005 to 2015 Hubert Dürrstein acted as chairman of the economic council of the BFW.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Organization , bfw.ac.at; and organizational chart
  2. Federal law establishing a federal research and training center for forests, natural hazards and landscape as an institution under public law and establishing the Federal Office for Forests - BFW Act - BFWG. StF: BGBl. I No. 83/2004 (ris.bka)
  3. Chronicle of the BFW
  4. Chronicle of the BFW
  5. § 130 Forest Act (ris.bka); also § 4 ff BFW law
  6. within the meaning of § 129 of the Forest Act 1975; Ordinance of the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of November 17, 1987 on the Forestry School and the Forestry Training Centers StF: Federal Law Gazette No. 665/1987, Section II. Forestry Training Centers §§ 6 ff
  7. Forestry Training Center Traunkirchen - Gmunden ( Memento from December 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. Ossiach forestry training center ( Memento from September 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. BOKU: Hubert Dürrstein . Retrieved August 16, 2017.