The Nockberge between conservation and the future – Dietmar Rossmann on nature, tourism and home

In this episode of HOCHinteressant, host Karin Leeb talks to Dietmar Rossmann, Managing Director of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Salzburger Lungau and Kärntner Nockberge and a mountain farmer from Reichenau.

Their conversation explores the history of the Nockberge, earlier development plans, major conflicts and the transformation from the former national park into an internationally recognised biosphere reserve. Dietmar Rossmann explains why the Nockberge are a cultural landscape shaped and preserved over generations through farming, alpine agriculture and responsible use. One thing becomes clear: the biosphere reserve is about balancing conservation and sustainable use. Topics include biodiversity, visitor management, cycling routes, ski touring, education, partnerships and the question of how people within a region can take shared responsibility.

Hotel Hochschober on Turracher Höhe is also part of this living environment. The episode shows why guests, tourism professionals, farmers, landowners and conservationists need to engage with one another – and why the future of the Nockberge can only be shaped together.

An episode about nature, home, conflict and responsibility – and about how to protect a unique landscape without losing sight of its continued development.