Qualification of land users in nature conservation

Saxony has a high diversity of landscapes. The conservation of its species and habitats depends on land users accepting and adopting environmentally sound practices. To facilitate this, land users need to be informed about nature conservation issues.Since 2008, Saxony has been offering land users free advice on nature conservation and relevant qualifications, through nature conservation consultants. More recently, it also offers a farm-wide nature conservation qualification, called the "Nature Management Plan“. This follows a simple, hands-on approach, proposing possible actions for the ecological upgrading of farm holdings in a joint consultation process between land users and conservation consultants.