{"id":569,"date":"2026-06-10T10:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2026-06-15T12:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T10:08:40","slug":"mca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/mca\/","title":{"rendered":"MCA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"569\" class=\"elementor elementor-569\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112d570 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-049e630 \" data-id=\"112d570\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"112d570\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"112d570\">\n    \t\t\t<p class=\"e-paragraph-base\" data-interaction-id=\"533ae97\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"533ae97\">The department MCA (Management of Conservation Areas) advances technology-enabled monitoring of speciesand habitats, studies human-nature interactionsand assesses their impacts on societal developments.The department integrates field ecology, environmental monitoring, and stakeholder engagement to inform conservation practices and policy. The department also houses the UNESCO Chair onSustainable Management of Conservation Areas. The Chair links the ICEB with the institutions and policies ofthe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).<br><br><strong id=\"e-mqf1vpnh-ngdde3s\">Key focus areas and sub-teams:<\/strong><br><br>\u2022 <strong id=\"e-mqf1vpnh-yef64ey\">BioMONITec<\/strong>: Technology-based detection of plantsand animals; data analysis and interpretation; developmentof modern methods and new sensor systems.<br><br>\u2022 <strong id=\"e-mqf1vpnh-6m4e8um\">Conservation Governance (CoGov):<\/strong> Management ofprotected areas, OECM (Other Effective Area-BasedConservation Measures), and ecological restorationmeasures.<br><br>\u2022 <strong id=\"e-mqf1vpnh-wmm1h40\">EnGeCo (Environmental Genetics &amp; Conservation)<\/strong>: Environmental genetics to detect organisms in soil,water, and air; development of molecular methods.\u2022 WildSci (Wildlife Sciences): Human-wildlife interactions,disturbances, habitat restoration, and strategiesto modify human practices to reduce biodiversity loss.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-201ffd0 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7729034 \" data-id=\"201ffd0\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"201ffd0\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"201ffd0\">\n    \t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" data-interaction-id=\"833eab4\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-id=\"833eab4\" id=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB.png\" width=\"1343\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB.png 1343w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-1024x211.png 1024w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-768x158.png 768w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-1000x206.png 1000w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-230x47.png 230w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-350x72.png 350w, https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/files\/2026\/05\/MCA-Logo-hor-pos-RGB-480x99.png 480w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The department MCA (Management of Conservation Areas) advances technology-enabled monitoring of speciesand habitats, studies human-nature interactionsand assesses their impacts on societal developments.The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/569\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forschung.fh-kaernten.at\/iceb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}