Projects & Practice

Investing in preventive actions against forest fires

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Forestry, Job creation, Mountain area, Natural resources, Nature conservation, Protected areas, Tourism
Countries:: Slovakia

Restoration of a deteriorating forest road and the construction of a wooden lookout tower in order to protect 1500 ha of forest from forest fires.

Supporting viticulture on steep slopes and terraces

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Family farming, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Luxembourg

Granting a premium to support viticulture on steep slopes and terraced vineyards as a high-quality farming practice

Aurimas Macnorius – Supporting a young entrepreneur

Keywords:: Demography, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Lithuania

RDP support helped a young entrepreneur to acquire the necessary equipment in order to start his own wood construction business in an area of high unemployment.

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.

Diversifying a farm into tourism and heating production using biomass from wood

Keywords:: Diversification, Family farming, Renewable energy, Tourism
Countries:: Slovenia

A farm used RDP support to set up a micro district heating system to produce heating from wood biomass and at the same time expand its leisure and tourism facilities.