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Nationalpark Donau-Auen: Reviving the Danube's Last Wild Floodplain
by Nationalpark Donau-Auen · HQ 🇦🇹 Austria
0hectaresProtected Danube floodplain areaas of 2024-01-01 · may be outdated
0volunteersVolunteers mobilized for park conservation workas of 2024-12-31 · may be outdated
0hoursVolunteer work hours loggedas of 2024-12-31 · may be outdated
Established by a 1996 treaty between Austria, Vienna and Lower Austria, Nationalpark Donau-Auen protects more than 9,600 hectares of near-natural floodplain forest and wetlands along the Danube. For over 25 years the park has run river renaturation projects that reconnect cut-off side-arms, dismantle hardened banks and restore natural flow dynamics, boosting numbers of juvenile fish and safeguarding species like the European pond turtle and great capricorn beetle. In 2024 alone, 518 volunteers logged over 2,000 hours across 19 conservation work deployments inside the park.