GIAHS designation of carp ponds
A recent high-level award from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the carp pond farming system in the Waldviertel region is deservedly being celebrated at WasserCluster Lunz as well: the uniquely European recognition of an aquaculture system as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). Over many years of scientific work, the LIPTOX group led by Martin Kainz has studied trophic interactions in the ponds using biochemical tracers (such as stable isotopes, lipids, etc.), investigated food webs, and provided solid support on the path to becoming a model region through the project TeichFit.
Annual Report 2024
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The SCIBORG game is ready for use!
SCIence literacy BOaRd Game: The board game for science education has been designed as a new tool to improve the understanding of science in the field of informal youth education by WCL scientists as part of the INSE network with project partners from Greece and Romania (Share Education).
...and now available for download here!
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About WasserCluster Lunz
WasserCluster Lunz is a non-profit research center equally supported by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU Vienna), the University for Continuing Education Krems, and the University of Vienna. The research centre is financed by the Provincial Government of Lower Austria and the Municipality of Vienna. | Imagefilm 3'30 min
Research
WasserCluster Lunz pursues basic and applied research on aquatic ecosystems from microscopic to catchment scales. Our scientists conduct studies in international teams to investigate scientific problems of aquatic ecosystems; including effects of global change, significance and magnitude of aquatic-terrestrial interlinkages and aquatic ecosystem management and rehabilitation.
Education
WasserCluster Lunz offers university and postgraduate training at an international level, provides internships and accomplishes research-education cooperation at local and national scales.
Visiting Scientists
WasserCluster Lunz welcomes enquiries from scientists who are interested in a sabbatical leave in our research centre. Interested persons are invited to contact us:
Open Day
The WasserCluster Lunz organizes an open day for interested visitors every two years. The next one is expected to take place in 2026.
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