Scientific evaluation of the wildlife-ecological spatial planning in Carinthia

The wildlife-ecological spatial planning in Carinthia is meant to balance the various interests and needs of stakeholder within an integral wildlife and habitat management concept. It aims at preserving sustainable wildlife populations wihtin a human dominated landscape. As such, it informs landscape planning by defining wildlife zones and management concepts based on these zones accordingly. As adaptive management concept, the wildlife-ecological spatial planning should be evaluated and updated regularly, to include new scientific results and adapt the spatial planning to new practical challenges. Within the current period, a special focus will be laid on implementing wildlife corridors and protected areas to enable large-scale connectivity and hence improve longterm viability of native wildlife populations.