Projects & Practice

Qualification of land users in nature conservation

Keywords:: Advisory services, Agriculture, Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Nature conservation, Vocational training & skills acquisition
Countries:: Germany

Ensuring the preservation and restoration of species and habitats in Saxony, by offering free advice and relevant qualifications to land users.

Land Consolidation in St. Martin Wingertsberg’s vineyards

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Protected areas, Sustainability, Tourism
Countries:: Germany

A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.

Case Study: LINC - Leader Inspired Network Community

Keywords:: LEADER/CLLD, Methodological examples, Networking, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Austria, Estonia, Finland, Germany

LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.

FAKT - Catch crops for agriculture and horticulture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Nature conservation, RDPs
Countries:: Germany

Catch crops supported by the AEC measure in Baden-Württemberg play a key role in reducing the nitrate level in the region.

Water buffaloes preserving biodiversity and wetland landscape

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Biodiversity, LEADER/CLLD, Protected areas
Countries:: Germany

A herd of water buffalo helps preserve biodiversity and wetland landscape in a Natura 2000 area in Berlin, Germany.

PAULa agri-environment schemes

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection
Countries:: Germany

The PAULa scheme’s support for species-rich grasslands from Rheinland-Pfalz represents good practice in its approach to implementing a Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS).