Title of the project
Wild Nature Project’ – reintroducing game meat into diets
Description
To reintroduce game meat back into the diet through education and marketing
In order to achieve this aim, a range of cooking classes are offered for hotels, restaurants and interested parties for the purpose of trying to bring venison and, first and foremost, the subject of game and hunting back into households.
Hunters part-financed the project
Location
| Country | Austria |
| Level | Regional |
| Region | Pinzgau region |
Starting date
2009
Protection status of the areas
National protected area
Species
| Species Caracteristics | Huntable species |
| Species Type | Mammals |
| Name(s) of main species | Primarily the project focussed on bringing venison back into the diet, so deer species, however all game meat was covered to a lesser extent |
Conservation action(s)
Communication and education (for different target audiences e.g. hunters, the wider public)
Partners
| Leading partners | Pinzgauer hunting community |
| Other partners | National Park Authority (http://www.nationalparksaustria.at/en/pages/gesaeuse-59.aspx)Austrian Federal Forestry (http://www.bundesforste.at/english.html)Fischhorn ManorRaiffeisenbank Bruck (http://www.bruck.raiffeisen.at/eBusiness/01_template1/79533192919971175-NA-NA-NA-30-NA.html) |
Estimation of the budget (total or annual)
The total investment was € 94.500,-, of which sponsors invested 41.38% (alternatively it could be that 94.500 was invested which represented 41.38% of the total costs, the information is unclear)
Weblinks
http://www.nationalpark.at/en/die-region/regionalentwicklung/wilde-natur/