APG Nature Conservation Conference 2025
APG Nature Conservation Conference 2025: Focus on Climate Change, Nature Conservation and Grid Development
About 150 experts from the fields of energy, nature conservation and science, including renowned international speakers, discussed innovative approaches for a sustainable expansion of the electricity grid in times of climate change.
Power lines are important not only for a strong grid infrastructure to ensure the security of supply, for achieving Austria’s climate and energy targets, for integrating renewable energies and electrifying all fields of life, but they also have positive effects on the diversity of species, nature conservation and the protection of fauna and flora. The numerous habitat management measures, for instance, which APG is implementing to compensate for interferences in nature due to the construction of power lines contribute to providing a living environment for endangered species.
In close cooperation with numerous experts in the context of our habitat management program, APG has been making sure that the surroundings of our power lines are a livable and popular environment for plants and animals for 30 years. To facilitate this interdisciplinary cooperation and exchange of information between technology and nature, APG has been organizing regular Nature Conservation Conferences since 2016.
The APG Nature Conservation Conference took place for the seventh time in 2024 – from 27 to 28 May 2025 in Aigen in the Enns Valley.
On both days, guided excursions took place as part of the symposium, which provided impressive practical insights. A visit to the gravel turf areas in St. Pankraz offered valuable awareness of the importance of small-scale habitats for biodiversity and impressively underlined what is possible through targeted measures, even in the immediate vicinity of technical infrastructure. The participants also explored the Natura 2000 area of the peat bog ‘Wörschacher Moos’ and were shown how maintenance measures help to preserve a valuable habitat for numerous specialized species and ensure its ecological function in the regional ecosystem.
