Projects & Practice

Nizna Boca – Restoring the production potential of damaged forests

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Forestry, Job creation, Mountain area, Social inclusion
Countries:: Slovakia

Restoring the production potential of damaged forests through clearing, afforestation and preservation of young forest stands.

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.

Biomass in the Haarloseveld and Olden Eibergen - Organic food for thought

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Soil management
Countries:: The Netherlands

Incorporating locally available biomass into the soil, as a mean to increase its content in organic matter in the long term.

Reconstruction of a forest road for effective protection from forest fires

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Forestry
Countries:: Slovakia

Support from the Slovakian rural development programme financed the reconstruction of a forest road as to improve access for fire protection vehicles.

Improving the sustainability of a Slovak forest

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Forestry, Mountain area
Countries:: Slovakia

A Slovak state enterprise used EAFRD funding to plant new forest seedlings and develop a forest road for maintenance activities, strengthening the forest’s sustainability.

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.