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1. Large-Scale River Restoration
This day trip takes you upstream along the Danube River, where you will visit the large-scale bypass channel VERBUND Fish Passage Altenwörth, as well as fascinating restoration and habitat enhancement projects along the Danube, its side channels, and tributaries: LIFE Project Traisen and LIFE Project Wachau.
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2. Biodiversity & Conservation: LIFE-Boat-4-Sturgeon
Two out of six sturgeon species in the danube river are already extinct. LIFE-Boat 4 Sturgeon is a unique floating hatchery recently established on the shores of Danube Island in Vienna, Austria. It serves to house and breed broodstock and rear juvenile sturgeons in order to establish a living gene bank, preserve the remaining four sturgeon species in the Danube River Basin, and to strengthen wild populations.
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3. Danube National Park: Wetlands Paddle Tour
You will paddle in a dingy from Stopfenreuth to Hainburg, right through the heart of the danube national park, the Stopfenreuther Au. There you can see river restaurations and thier impact on the nature.
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4. Alpine Hydropower: Flagship facilities in western Austria
Overnight Fieldtrip: Travel to Western Austria to experience the spectacular mountain landscape and visit key sites of Austrian alpine hydropower. Highlights include Kopswerk II, one of the largest pumped-storage power plants; the hydropeaking compensation basin Silz, the largest of its kind in Europe; the innovative fish lift at Runserau; and GKI, one of the largest hydropeaking diversion power plants worldwide.
Thanks to our Co-Organizers and Support-Networks
SUSHP 2025 will be a certified Green Meeting
The event is intended to be organized according to the criteria of the Austrian Eco-Label for Green Meetings.
