Projects & Practice

Future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Irrigation, Producer groups, Sustainability, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

The future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’, is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.

Water management for nature reserve in Western Langstraat

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Climate, GHG & ammonia emissions, Nature conservation, Protected areas, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

Adjustments to water management and remedial measures help to preserve protected areas and conserve the landscape of the Western Langstraat.

Demining of agricultural land in the County Sisak-Moslavina

Keywords:: Agriculture, Risk management
Countries:: Croatia

A project to support demining of agricultural land in war-affected areas of Croatia.

Green Well Westland

Keywords:: Cooperation, Producer groups, Renewable energy
Countries:: The Netherlands

This multi-million Euro project helped harness geothermal energy to produce heat and power by drilling wells into reservoirs of hot water that are found deep underneath the earth’s surface.

Reconstruction of the Averlosche Leide canal

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

A canal stream was reconstructed to get extra water storage capacity and to improve the water quality and biodiversity in the surrounding area.

Collective approaches to results-based agri-environment schemes in the Netherlands

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Environmental protection, Nature conservation
Countries:: The Netherlands

Agri-environment cooperatives in the Netherlands use results-based schemes to distribute payments to farmers according to on-farm nature conservation results.