Caserta from May 15th – 17th.Biodiversity is in trouble and the time to reverse the crisis is short. As emphasised by the United Nations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), by 2030 we must effectively conserve at least 30% of the planet, both on land and at sea, as well as restore degraded habitats …
Protected areas and conservation, a national conference towards the 30×30 target Read More »
A wildfire in Món Sant Benet, Catalonia, Spain in 2022. Photo credit: Miquel RafaAfter finishing school at the beginning of the summer of 2022, my daughter travelled across Europe on an Interrail ticket with a friend. Coming from Bordeaux and heading to Paris, she had to pause her trip for a day in the middle …
European wildfires: cause and effect and the new normal Read More »
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 …
Caroline van der Lande-Vogels and Floris van der Lande, the enthusiastic owners of De Hoevens, are delighted to share their conservation journey. We are thrilled to have them on board as ENPLC Ambassadors. You can feel the love of nature at De Hoevens, it gives you strength and peace. We are part of nature so …
With the publication of the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 “Bringing Nature Back into Our Lives,” the European Commission proposes to increase and expand the network of protected areas and develop an ambitious plan to restore natural environments. The goals of the Biodiversity Strategy includes protecting and connecting 30 percent of the European Union’s territory, within which …
Signed letter The Conservation Landowners Coalition (CLC) – an initiative of ELO and Eurosite – reaffirms its support to the objectives of the legislative proposal by the European Commission for a EU Nature Restoration Regulation (NRR).Climate change is impacting European ecosystems to a degree we still do not fully understand, but important decisions have to …
Open letter – Joint position EU Nature Restoration Regulation Read More »
There is no successful nature conservation without the participation of private landowners. Cooperation among all stakeholders is key. That is why there is the LIFE European Network for Private Land Conservation (LIFE ENPLC) project, which organizes training courses for landowners, community members, and conservationists to learn from each other. These training courses illustrate how nature …
The international market for ecosystem services is gaining momentum. As global warming and biodiversity loss become more visible, governments, companies, and individuals become more interested in financially contributing to the protection and restoration of our nature. This demand creates an opportunity for a private biodiversity credits market, which can contribute to fill the finance gap …
How to set credits for ecosystem services on the international market? Read More »
Kyriakos Skordas, director of Terra Cypria, describes the case study to participants and lays out the challenges they are facing On the 9th of November 2022 LIFE ENPLC implemented a workshop on tools for private land conservation alongside Terra Cypria in Larnaka (Cyprus). The workshop aimed at analysing the suitability of land stewardship tools for …
Workshop on conservation agreements hosted in Cyprus Read More »
A weekend full of biodiversity, citizen science and knowledge sharing. This is how we can describe the Bioblitzs project partner Montis organised on the 12th and 13th of November 2022 joined by 30 participants. On the 12th, we started the activity by analyzing a branch of dead wood that was on the ground in the vicinity …
Montis hosted a BioBlitz on Lichens, Mosses and Mushrooms Read More »