Plateau Pioneer & Expert
Nature Park Karwendel
Managing Director: Anton Heufelder
- Size: 739 km2, 10 employees
- CO2 footprint 2022: 28.7 t CO2 eq/year
Being a pioneer is in our blood; we are convinced, want to live our ideals, dare to move forward with them, and also persevere even when things get tough.
Anton Heufelder
Nature Park Director Interview: The Plateau Pioneers of the Seefeld Region - Nature Park Karwendel
Learn how the Karwendel Nature Park serves as a pioneering plateau for biodiversity, sustainability, and innovative environmental projects in the Seefeld region.
Strengths
- Pioneering from the very beginning – e.g. with the Wöffi campaign – hiking with public transport
- Visionary leadership and a long-established team with their own responsibilities
- Experts in SDG 15 – nature conservation and diversity -> a great benefit for the region to have them as partners
- Awareness building and storytelling
Sustainable Development Steps
- Training of climate educators -> this results in good packages for educational projects
- Collaboration with regional schools -> certified nature park schools with thematic focuses in lessons, project days, and weeks
- Awareness raising for sustainable agriculture -> signage, flyers, and guided tours to, among others, the Leutascher Valley meadows
- Active communication of behavioral rules as well as tour management on social media by a digital ranger
- Volunteer projects for the preservation of protected areas and the cultural landscape of the alpine region in the Karwendel
- VVT job ticket for all employees
Goals
- Transition to e-bikes and e-vehicles in the nature park
- General CO2 reduction
- Create a ripple effect -> Sustainability for everyone, not just for an elite bubble
- Improved visitor management even before the nature park visit