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LIFE AMooRe — Austrian Moor Restoration Strategy (Austria)

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Austria's EUR 44.23M EU LIFE-funded AMooRe project (2024-2033) unites all 9 federal states and two ministries to restore ~1,400 ha of degraded mire and, for the first time, measure Austria-specific CO2/CH4/N2O emission factors underpinning the national Mire Strategy 2030+.

LIFE AMooRe — Austrian Moor Restoration Strategy (Austria)

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
University of Vienna (Geoecology) / Austrian Federal Ministries BML & BMK
Period
2024-2033
Keywords
peatland restoration, greenhouse gas emission factors, national mire strategy, EU LIFE integrated project

Context

LIFE AMooRe (Austrian Moor Restoration) is a ten-year (2024-2033), EUR 44.23 million integrated LIFE project, 60% EU co-financed, bringing together all nine Austrian federal states and the Federal Ministries for Agriculture (BML) and Climate Action (BMK) to implement the national Austrian Mire Strategy 2030+.

Objectives

Restore ecological function on roughly 1,400 ha of degraded mire (about 1,165 ha of which are priority habitat) in cooperation with landowners, creating conditions for 13 habitat types and 37 species of conservation concern, and derive Austria-specific greenhouse-gas emission factors (CO2, CH4, N2O) for different peatland types, data Austria currently lacks and needs to report restoration impact under EU climate accounting rules.

Activities

A core scientific component, led by the University of Vienna's Geoecology working group with Kiel University support, began eddy-covariance and chamber-based gas-flux measurements at the Wörschacher and Irdninger Moor (Ennstal, Styria) pilot sites in January 2025.

Conclusions

Because the project only started full-scale implementation in 2024 and its flagship emission-factor measurements began in 2025, no restoration-area or emission-reduction results have yet been published; its evidentiary strength currently lies in its governance design (nine-state, two-ministry, EU-co-financed structure) and scientific rigour rather than demonstrated outcomes, to be re-evaluated as monitoring data are published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Very high (> €5M) — EUR 44.23 million total budget stated directly in source, 60% EU co-financed.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Ten-year project (2024-2033) explicitly stated in source.
Staffing & skills
University of Vienna Geoecology working group — scientific lead, Kiel University — scientific support, all 9 Austrian federal states, Federal Ministries for Agriculture (BML) and Climate Action (BMK)

Conditions for success

  • landowner cooperation for mire restoration on ~1,400 ha
  • coordinated governance across 9 federal states and 2 ministries
  • EU co-financing (60%) securing long-term (10-year) funding

Where it fits

Governance type
national government-led, multi-state, EU co-financed
Scale
national (~1,400 ha across pilot sites)
Income level
high-income (Austria/EU)

Commonly funded by

LIFE Programme National / regional programmes

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