Tourism at the European watershed between Danube and Elbe

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria accomplishes a study within the project LABEL, in which cross border strategies for adaptation to the rising flood risk in the Austrian Elbe catchment area are developed: A characteristic in the area is the Schwarzenberg‘sche Schwemmkanal, a man made water way over the watershed between Danube and Elbe, which primarily was created for timber transport to Vienna. In close cooperation with the Czech Region of South Bohemia the sustainable touristic use, combined with environmental aspects, will be a enhanced across borders.

Special focus is laid on environmental education of the visitors regarding the water related protection function of the forest. Even the recent political history of the border region is hardly prepared.

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