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Sander Wurfbain and Margriet van Mourik at De Houberg Estate. Sander Wurfbain is a passionate real estate entrepreneur and conservationist. He is the chairman of Gelders Particulier Grondbezit and vice president of de Federatie Particulier Grondbezit (FPG).He is now dedicated to the conservation and creation of De Houberg estate, a circular farm that respects and …
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 …
Bertrand Monthuir. Photo credit : Bertrand MonthuirBertrand Monthuir is a nature lover and passionate about forest ecosystems, he owns the family private forest estate of 1250ha, the Domaine du Bois Landry in Eure-et-Loir department in France.At the age of 16, he took his hunting licence without conviction, it was only 16 years later that he …
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, …
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 …
LIFE ENPLC Project Partner Fundatia ADEPT, in partnership with Biodiversity Credit Company, is developing an innovative combined biodiversity and carbon credit scheme in Transylvania, one of only two such projects worldwide. Through these credits, the commercial market will support the long-term maintenance of grassland biodiversity at the landscape scale and support traditional farming communities. Through …
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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 …
Oriol Baena Crespo, Land Stewardship Agreements technician at the Catalan Herpetological Society (SCH). Oriol studied environmental sciences in Barcelona and Ecology in the Netherlands. He considers himself a European citizen and a nature specialist. He always had a strong interest in topics like nature conservation, agriculture, access to land and rural structures. He has been …
Lisa Kopsieker. Photo credit: Hans von Sonntag Lisa Kopsieker is a scientist who, in the past, has focused on researching policy opportunities for nature conservation on privately owned land. As a German citizen who grew up in East Africa and studied conservation science in the UK, she has a broader perspective on Europe’s conservation sector …