Projects & Practice

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.

Renaturation 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.

Promoting soft mobility with an extended cycling lane on the Selestat vineyard

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, LEADER/CLLD, Tourism
Countries:: France

Investing in extending a cycle lane to promote soft mobility in the commute to work or the school run, as well as for leisure.

“Zero pesticide in our villages and cities”

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Education & lifelong learning, Environmental protection, Nature conservation
Countries:: France

A project that supported local municipalities in their campaign to reduce the use of pesticides by their citizens.

An on-demand rural bus service in rural Wales

Keywords:: Rural services, Social inclusion, Social services
Countries:: United Kingdom

An on-demand local bus service, ‘Bwcabus’, tailored to the needs of rural passengers has helped improve accessibility, reduced car dependency and assisted in lifting rural communities out of deprivation.