Outdoor sports and nature conservation: the "Digital Ranger"

Skiing and snowshoeing tours regularly lead people through wildlife protection areas. Arne Schwietering from Bayreuth’s Sports Ecology research group is investigating solutions to this problem in his "Digital Ranger" project. Today, outdoor sports are mostly planned via apps or outdoor platforms. In the process, tours are often created and carried out by users that contradict nature conservation regulations. To address this problem, the research project "Digital Ranger" is working out what information needs to be made available on outdoor platforms, and in what way, in order to promote a nature-friendly sports experience.