Making an Ancient Forest - Kalkalpen National Park

What if we could turn back the clock and restore Nature to her virgin state? In the Kalkalpen National Park - these steep limestone mountains in the heart of Austria - precisely this decision has been taken. However, the intention is not to destroy, but to recreate. The forest managers stepped down and let nature's own management take over. This opens the door for new life, the variety of trees and herbs grows, the forests again attract wild animals which had left the commercial woods: lynx, pygmy owls, woodpeckers, so many different caterpillars - and the fascinating ichneumon wasp.