University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Nickname:	BOKU
City:	Vienna
Members: Erwin Führer

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, located in Vienna (Austria), is also known as BOKU.

Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences

Note : BOKU is an associate member of the European Forest Institute

The Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences is one of the 15 departments of the University.

The forestry section is part of the (governmental) University of Agricultural Sciences in Vienna, Austria. Its mission is research and teaching in sustainable forest management with a consentration on mountainous forests and small private forest ownerships.

Research priorities

• Forest restoration including its socio-economic aspects
• Forest policy analysis
• Forest inventories

International activities

• National forest programmes
• Paneuropean process
• Certification of forest products
• Intensive monitoring of forest ecosystems
• Integrated monitoring

Contact

• Members:
  • Head of the Department: Karl Stampfer

• Postal adress:

Peter Jordanstr. 82
A-1190 Vienna (Austria)

• Phone number, fax, email:
  • Phone +43-1-47654/4301
  • Email: karl.stampfer(at)boku.ac.at

See also

External links

• The BOKU website
• The department webpage
• BOKU on Wikipedia