Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2012, in Austria. The Salzburger Lungau & Kärntner Nockberge Biosphere Reserve provides a representative example of inner-alpine landscapes with high mountains and deep valleys. It is a richly structured landscape ranging from 600 m to 3,000 m above sea level and encompasses typical ecosystems of the Central Alps, such as mountain meadows and marshes with great biodiversity. The human inhabitants have profited from this biodiversity for millennia, currently primarily in the form of ecotourism.