Projects & Practice

Waasland Region – Promoting renewable energy in cities and the countryside

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Energy efficiency, Information & promotion activities
Countries:: Belgium

An example of an initiative promoting energy efficiency that addresses climate change through targeted actions at grassroots level.

GIS-ELA - Geo Information Systems for the Austrian Agriculture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Digitisation
Countries:: Austria

Precision farming has great economic and environmental potentials and a project was set up to promote its use in the Austrian context.

Conservation of natural heritage - Biodiversity and wood fuel

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Protected areas, Renewable energy
Countries:: Germany

Testing the transferability of landscape management to other Natura 2000 sites.

Using residual wood from landscape management

Keywords:: Information & promotion activities, LEADER/CLLD, Renewable energy
Countries:: Belgium

LEADER support was used to exploit the potential of using large quantities of waste wood from landscape management as a renewable energy source.

'Let’s Clean the Water'

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Information & promotion activities, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Slovenia

In a rural area without public sewage system, a LEADER project helped the local population to get familiar with the new environmental standards, legislation and requirements on wastewater treatment. It also enabled them to make informed decisions on which wastewater treatment technology to use.