Note card Schutzwald Vorarlberg

The information map Schutzwald is based on spatial data, the natural hazard processes such as rockfall,
Avalanches and near-surface landslides using MRP and range modelling in a geoinformation system
automated identification. This information is interspersed with the forest as well as endangered objects, such as settlements, roads or
other important infrastructures shows potential forest areas with a property protection function.
The information map explicitly visualizes the protective function (not the effect, which would depend on the current forest condition).
There is no legal link. It is pointed out that so-called ‘determination procedures for protective forests’ (according to § 23 ForstG 1975)
carried out exclusively by the competent authorities (district forest inspection, etc.).

Important fields and data types of the attribute table (those that contain content information):
WSFCAT2, Category, State, area

Timeliness: (e.g. are regularly updated, completed)
In a three-year interval, the BML asks the local and regional forestry authorities (Landesforstdienste) for possible changes.

Data source: hinweiskarte_schutzwald.shp