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MaGICLandscapes

NEWS
GI Benefit Gallery
Events
PARTNERS
CASE STUDY AREAS
WORK PACKAGES
Outputs
Promotion material
Newsletter
Contact

Managing Green Infrastructure in Central European Landscapes

MaGICLandscapes introduces to the green infrastructure concept and its benefits. In close cooperation with local stakeholders the project partners elaborate strategies and action plans for enhancing the existing green infrastructure resource in Central Europe. The project promotes sustainable land-use by providing land managers, policy makers and communities with tools and knowledge. This will help them to assess green infrastructure planning and conservation approaches, also taking into account the transnational level and ensuring that mismatched management approaches are reduced.

WHAT IS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE?

News

10.07.2019

EVENT

'MAGIC' SYMPOSIUM AT 10^TH IALE WORLD CONGRESS

MaGICLandscapes project partners arranged a GI symposium in Milano talking about Green Infrastructure concept and its benefits for cities and rural regions...

17.05.2019

VIDEO

project meeting in turin

MaGIC partners met in Italy to review on the outputs so far and to define upcoming tasks, beyond others the draft strategies and action plans to enhance GI and its benefits. Have also a look at the recent video (in Italian)!

26.04.2019

EVENT

Consultation on gi with municipality of karpacz

In our Polish case study area the focus is on enhancing green infrastructure elements within and around Karkonosze National Park, for example in Karpacz.

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ResearchGate

Green Infrastructure Benefit Gallery

GI Benefits of the month #

Each month we introduce a particular benefit of green
infrastructure including examples from the project’s case
study areas and across Central Europe.

02.07.2019

Benefit of the month #9

Agricultural parks: barley, bees and bikes

Located on the fringes of settlements agricultural parks provide a number of benefits and ecosystem services. As large-scale green infrastructure elements they provide employment, food, habitat for wildlife and recreational opportunities for communities and visitors.

27.05.2019

Benefit of the month #8

TREE PLANTING CONNECTS PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPES

A Czech non-profit initiative addresses companies, communities and volunteers to plant trees where is a need for. People are so encouraged to commonly improve their natural environment.

11.04.2019

Benefit of the month #7

mowers on the move

The Karkonosze National Park in southwest Poland is known for its
forests and mountain tops, less known are its meadows, which are an important Natura 2000 habitat and managed...

18.03.2019

Benefit of the month #6

FROM REFUGE TO RESERVE PEOPLE AND NATURE

In 1959 the small village of Brusaschetto above the River Po
was evacuated due to subsidence from mining underneath the
settlement. Most villagers wanted to stay...

14.02.2019

Benefit of the month #5

people, peas and places: gardens for communities

Community garden initiatives are emerging everywhere. These commonly created public spaces are valuable elements of green infrastructure in cities as well as in the countryside. They provide lots of benefits like...

29.01.2019

Benefit of the month #4

REcovery and recreation - Gravel pits on the po

The Nature Reserve Lanca di San Michele is named after a meander of the River Po which was cut off after the floods of 1977. These 237 ha of wetlands between the Municipalities of Carignano and Carmagnola south of Turin...

29.11.2018

Benefit of the month #3

Pollution and preservation - the story of the black grouse

The green infrastructure of the Krkonoše Mountains National Park (KRNAP) and its surroundings provides many landscape services. One of which is to provide habitat for the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). During the 20^th century...

18.10.2018

Benefit of the month #2

pannonian landscapes between woods and wine

The protected area Fehhaube-Kogelsteine close to the town of
Eggenburg in Lower Austria is a landscape of Pannonic steppes and
dry grasslands. This nature reserve is a valuable part of the area’s
green infrastructure. It contains...

18.09.2018

Benefit of the month #1

discovering nature is child's play!

On the outskirts of Kyjov in southern Moravia lies the outdoor playschool “Radovánky” (eng.: fun/enjoyment).
The playschool is located in the Boršov Meadows next to the River Kyjovka. Until 2013 the meadows and associated orchards were abandoned, they have now...

Events

19

Sep

5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe
HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT

Krakow

5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe

HERITAGE AND ENVIRONMENT

The aim of the 5^th edition of the Heritage Forum of Central Europe, to be held on 19–20 September 2019 at the International Cultural Centre in Krakow, is to discuss and analyse the links and mutual dependencies between heritage and environment, both material and socio-cultural. MaGICLandscapes project partner VÚKOZ from Brno will held a presentation "Heritage expressed by historical landscape structures and its contribution to green infrastructure".

LINK TO EVENT WEBSITE

PROJECT partners

tu dresden, germany

the saxony foundation for nature and environment, germany

leibniz institute for ecological urban and regional development, germany

university of vienna

Metropolitan city of turin, italy

silva tarouca research institute for landscape and ornamental gardening, czech republic

karkonosze national park, poland

The krkonoše mountains national park, czech republic

thayatal NATIONAL PARK , austria

ITALIAN NATIONAL AGENCY FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ITALY

Case study areas

Tri-border area CZ-DE-PL

Naturally valuable low mountain ranges as the Lusatian resp. Zittau and Jizera Mountains but also the urban areas of Zittau, Bogatynia, Hrádek nad Nisou and Liberec...

WORKSHOPS

Krkonoše Mountains National Park (CZ)

A mosaic of montane spruce and mixed forests, tall herb meadows, dwarf pine communities, Nardus grasslands, sub-arctic peat bogs and lichen tundra...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Robin Bönisch

KARKONOSZE NATIONAL PARK (PL)

One of the the most valuable ecosystems in Central Europe. The area covers the northern slopes of the largest range of the Sudetes. At 1,603 m its highest peak is the Śnieżka...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Krzysztof Bryjka

KYJOVSKO (CZ)

The area around Kyjov is a diversified lowland region situated in South Moravia. More than half of the region is intensively used, especially for agriculture (61%)...

WORKSHOPS

EASTERN WALDVIERTEL & WESTERN WEINVIERTEL (AT)

Located in Lower Austria the area is shaped by the highlands of a shallow gneiss landscape, the canyons of the river Thaya as well as by wide open valleys and molasse sediments with rolling hills...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Thomas Wrbka

THAYATAL NATIONAL PARK (AT)

Located within the eastern Wald- and western Weinviertel case study area. The steep valley of the Thaya River cloaked in woodland marks the border of Lower Austria and the Czech Republic...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Christian Übl

UPPER PO PLAIN (IT)

The area incorporates protected areas that cover nearly 90 km of the River Po plain in the provinces of Alessandria, Turin and Vercelli...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Simone Ciadamidaro

PO HILLS AROUND CHIERI (IT)

The area is characterised by both hilly and flat lowland territory. On the Turin Hill you can find Superga Hill and Bosco del Vaj and Bosc Grand, characteristic chestnut and oak woodlands...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Roberto Pascal

DÜBENER HEIDE NATURE PARK (DE)

Close to the cities of Leipzig, Halle, Wittenberg and Dessau the Dübener Heide attracts numerous visitors with it's lakes and ponds, heath-land, swamp and Germany’s largest mixed woodland...

WORKSHOPS

Photo: Janine Meißner

Overview

REGIONAL WORKSHOPS

Find out more about the results of regional workshops taking place in each case study area and involving local stakeholders.

Photo: André Wirsig

WORK PACKAGES

WORK PACKAGE 1

Transnational Framework of Green Infrastructure Assessment

Discover assessment needs in Central Europe
Transnational large-scale assessment of green infrastructure

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Work Package 2

Green Infrastructure Functionality Assessment

Develop assessment methods
Testing of methods in regional/local pilot actions

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Work package 3

Strategies for Intervention at European, Regional and Local Level

Develop local green infrastructure strategy/action plans
Training events in the use of the (planning) tools created for an improved green infrastructure

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OUTPUT SECTION

Teaser

WP1: Transnational Framework of Green Infrastructure Assessment

O.T1.1 Handbook of Conceptual and Theoretical Background - Terms and Definitions (pdf 4.2 MB)

WP2: Green Infrastructure Functionality Assessment

WP3: Strategies of Intervention at EU, Regional and Local Level

facts & figures

10 partners

5 countries

2.2 mio budget

33 Associated institutions

Project Duration

Start Date

1^st July 2017

End Date

30^th June 2020

PROMOTION MATERIAL

Here you can download all promotion materials like flyers, posters and other documents illustrating the project and informing about recent activities and outputs. For more information regarding public relations please contact the project's communication manager Anke Hahn.