United, effective
and environmentally friendly
Time to join forces
against mosquitoes
What is the Mosquito Bioregulation Project?
United, efficient and sustainable.
Mosquito overpopulation occurs regularly in the Dyje, Morava and Danube river basins in spring and summer, especially during times of flooding. Overpopulated mosquitoes reduce the quality of life of all the people living in the affected areas. They have a negative impact on tourism in our region and in the context of climate change, it is only a matter of time until they become a health threat in this region.
Mosquitoes do not recognise borders, so effective mosquito control cannot be limited by state borders. That is why the Mosquito Bioregulation Project was created as part of the Interreg cross-border regional cooperation programme, the aim of which is to effectively regulate mosquito reproduction using an environmentally responsible method – the application of the biocide Bti. Based on the experience of other European countries, this is the only way to responsibly and sustainably solve the problem of mosquito overpopulation. Instead of chemical sprays, which are harmful to health, nature and only eliminate adult mosquitoes, we use a highly effective biological larvicide. This project is based on extremely important cross-border cooperation and the sharing of expertise, technologies, strategic procedures and experience.
Who are the partners?
The project partners are Verein Biologische Gelsenregulierung entlang Thaya und March, with more than 10 years of experience with biological regulation of mosquitoes, the Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava, the Bratislava Self-Governing Region, and the Trnava Self-Governing Region. The scientific community is represented by the Faculty of Science, Comenius University, which provides data and scientific guidance for setting up the entire system and monitoring its effectiveness.
The Biological Regulation of Mosquitoes project in the Slovak-Austrian Border Area is co-financed from the structures of the European Union, which support European territorial cross-border cooperation within adjacent regions within the framework of the Interreg programs. In addition to harmonising all the processes within the partnership, the aim of the project is to develop a platform – the design and structure of an organisation that will take responsibility and ensure biological regulation of mosquitoes even after the end of the project in 12/2022.
The project is implemented as part of the Interreg V-A SK-AT cooperation programme (sk-at.eu), co-financed by ERDF funds in the amount of 1 097 121,55 € by the following partners:
Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) as well as funds from the Lower Austrian Landscape Fund and the health budget of the State of Lower Austria
The project is implemented as part of the Interreg V-A SK-AT cooperation programme (sk-at.eu), co-financed by ERDF funds in the amount of 1 097 121,55 € by the following partners:
Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE) as well as funds from the Lower Austrian Landscape Fund and the health budget of the State of Lower Austria