Species protection and environmental education at the Inn from the source to the estuary

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The INNsieme project is working to ensure that the Inn is once again the lifeline of the Inn Valley in 2030 — for humans, plants and animals. By 2030, there are again routes that are in good condition and the guide species of the river and the floodplains are sufficiently suitable habitats. Existing protection concepts are combined into a cross-border mission statement and a species conservation plan from the source to the mouth of the Inn, and individual pilot measures are implemented during the project period. Accompanying environmental education and communication activities increase the understanding and acceptance of species conservation measures among local populations and local communities. In doing so, the project contributes directly to the mission of the EU macro-regional strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) to strengthen the Alps as a habitat for people and nature by balancing protection and exploitation interests. It is based on the specific objectives of Action Group 7 (enhancing ecological and social benefits of ecological continuity, halting biodiversity losses) as well as the Action Group 6-Subgroup III (integrated water restoration, identification of win-win strategies for the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive and Flood Protection Directive). The protection and restoration of river basin-typical habitats takes into account the EU Water Framework Directive as well as the Habitats and Birds Directives. All the challenges typical of Alpine rivers also occur at the Inn. This, as well as its cross-border progress, makes it an ideal model flow to test recommendations from regional strategies (see above) or from previous projects in practice and later transfer them to other relevant river systems.

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