Projects & Practice

András Family Farm - expanding the production capacity of a pig farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Hungary

A young farmer used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand the production capacity of his farm and respond to the increasing market demand for his pork products.

‘Development Direction’ & ‘Tradition and development’

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Networking, Product quality, Tourism, Women
Countries:: Poland

Organising conferences, workshops and a culinary contest in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas, along with and the personal development of participating rural citizens.

Improving the accessibility for visitors to a restored nature reserve

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Protected areas, Tourism, Water management
Countries:: Sweden

Support from the Swedish Rural Development Programme helped improve accessibility for visitors in a restored municipal nature reserve.

Allrounder Moor - Climate Protectors and Noah's Ark of Biodiversity

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Information & promotion activities, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Protected areas, Tourism, Water management, Youth
Countries:: Germany

Organising a series of educational events to raise awareness and interest about the environmental functions of the peatlands in Brandenburg.

‘Abissage’ - restoring traditional water management systems in the Ardennes

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Irrigation, Nature conservation, Water management
Countries:: Belgium

Restoration of a meadow irrigation ditch to revive a multi-centennial tradition that existed throughout Europe and over time has produced meadows of outstanding flora.

Restoration of the Romedenne clay-pit nature reserve

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Protected areas
Countries:: Belgium

An environmental NGO implemented a project to preserve and maintain an old clay pit that provides shelter to a number of rare and endangered species.

A new greenhouse for growing traditional varieties of rose plants

Keywords:: Agriculture, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business
Countries:: Estonia

A family farm used LEADER support to build a new greenhouse that would provide optimum conditions for growing traditional varieties of Estonian roses.

Environmental Participatory Project - Awareness raising on Natura 2000

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Information & promotion activities, Nature conservation, Protected areas
Countries:: Spain

The project aimed to develop local participatory activities within the Natura 2000 sites of Andalusia.

Forest games – funny & money in the woods

Keywords:: Communication, Forestry, Information & promotion activities, Youth
Countries:: Finland

Using digital technologies to re-establish the connection between young people and forests.

Pilot project Result-based Nature conservation Plan (RNP)

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Nature conservation, Protected areas
Countries:: Austria

Implementing a result-based nature conservation measure for species and habitat protection as to allow more flexibility for farmers in choosing and implementing management activities suitable to their land.