Projects & Practice

Insect life

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Youth
Countries:: Austria

Raising awareness about insect conservation in Austria.

GLAS - Traditional Farm Buildings Grant Scheme

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Sustainability
Countries:: Ireland

A project that has ensured the conservation and reuse of traditional farm buildings across Ireland.

Supporting Ireland’s Rare Breeds

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Environmental sustainability, Natural resources
Countries:: Ireland

Offering support to maintain and possibly increase populations of specific rare breeds under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 of Ireland.

Medved Farm – Investing in soil conservation practices

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Environmental sustainability, Sustainability
Countries:: Slovenia

A family farm invested in soil conservation practices to increase its capacity to store water and its microbial biomass activity.

North Connemara Locally Led Agri-Environmental Scheme (NCLLAES)

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Cooperation, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Nature conservation
Countries:: Ireland

The North Connemara Locally Led Agri-Environmental Scheme is a local agricultural scheme to incentivise farmers to incorporate agricultural animals in improving the ecology of their land.

Hiša vin Kokol (Rebirth of vine / grapes)

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Entrepreneurship, Environmental sustainability, Product quality, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Slovenia

The project took nature-friendly vine cultivation on a family farm a step further to develop zero-waste processing methods that valorise all by-products of grapes in a sustainable and fully circular way. The resulting seeds, oil and flour have proved very popular with customers.

OSMO – Sharing know-how and tools for a resource-efficient agricultural soil management

Keywords:: Advisory services, Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, Knowledge transfer, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Soil management
Countries:: Finland

Collaborative learning and tools for assessing soil health contribute to farmers’ understanding of problems and alternative management strategies.

Nature conservation in the Austrian Rural Development Programme

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation
Countries:: Austria

Operation M10.1.19 focuses on result-oriented and focused Rural Development Programme (RDP) interventions to stabilise endangered habitats, species and plants and thus reverse the decline of biodiversity in Austria’s agricultural regions.

Re-naturalisation of the “Mandlinger Moor”

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Nature conservation
Countries:: Austria

Using the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to support the re-establishment of a moor by restoring its original hydrology and the propagation of the natural moor vegetation.

Biodiversity-flower strips in Austria

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Sustainability
Countries:: Austria

Supporting this environmentally sound and biodiversity-promoting management action is one of the most successful operations of the Austrian Agri-Environmental-Climate Scheme.