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| Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests (BFW - hitherto FBVA) in brief | |
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Databases |
The working programme of the Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests comprises research work and routine investigations using scientific methods. Some of the investigations form part of large-scale research projects and surveys executed in the framework of the European Union; some have been integrated into projects coordinated by other Austrian research institutes. The tasks of the BFW include the provision of expert opinion and advisory services for forest authorities and forest owners. |
| Publications Public Relations |
In numerous publications and technical papers, expert panels and workshops, guided tours and other information events at the departments, such as "Open door events", participation in the Scienceweek@Austria and press releases the collaborators of the Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests inform the public on their activities. |
| Organisation | The BFW is an institution under the responsibility of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. It combines eight specialized departments and the training centres for Forestry in Ort an Ossiach. |
| Staff | As of October 2002 the BFW (including the Training Centres for Forestry in Ort and Ossiach and the new unit of Agricultural Pedology) has a complement of 283 positions. |
| Information on the tasks and history of the FBVA (now BFW) online | BFW - Folders on
History,
Locations,
Tasks, and
Research
Federal Forest Research Centre (FBVA) BFW replaces FBVA - Amendment to the Austrian Forest Act Chronicle1975-1999 - On the occasion of the 125 anniversary of the FBVA From the Forest Academy of Mariabrunn to the FBVA. Tasks of an environmentally-oriented forest research around 1870 and today. |
| How to get there | Location maps Head office und Vienna Mariabrunn |
| IUFRO |
The Secretariat of IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations) is located at the Austrian Federal Office and Research Centre for Forests in Mariabrunn. |
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