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Viesturs Lārmanis and Inese Gmizo-Lārmane

Viesturs Lārmanis and Inese Gmizo-Lārmane are the owners of the Nature farm BEKAS. Photo: K.KalnsViesturs Lārmanis and Inese Gmizo-Lārmane are the owners of the Nature farm BEKAS. The farm is located in the northern part of Latvia in Valka County in the Gauja river valley. The largest part of the farm’s territory lies within the …

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Alan Phillips

This article was written in cooperation with Margot Leemans and Alec van Havre.  In the diversified Campine countryside, in the north of Belgium, landowner Alan Phillips manages a picturesque estate where woodlands, crescent dunes, purple heather, grasslands and marshes landscape the sandy soils. Alan explains about forest management. Photo credit: Valérie Vandenabeele.After his industrial career, …

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Ando Eelmaa

Ando Eelmaa, the owner of Korjuse-Vanapere farm in his apple orchard. Photo credit: Julia-Maria Linna Ando Eelmaa, manages his family’s farm in Estonia for now 30 years and has a forestry education. He is the chairman of the board of the Estonian Private Forest Union and of The Nature Fund as well. The Nature Fund (TNF) is an initiative …

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Jordi Pietx

Jordi Pietx, Serra del Cadí, Pyrenees, 2021.  ©Jordi Pietx  Jordi Pietx is a biologist with an MSc in ecology and environmental sciences. He specialises in nature and landscape conservation and stewardship. He has also worked on environmental and participatory aspects of land planning, conservation, restoration and rural management. Inspired by his experience with land stewardship …

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