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Submission of the interim report: first project stage in the large-scale nature conservation project "Streams, moors and mountain meadows in the Thuringian Forest" completed
On April 25, 2023, the 2nd meeting of the Project Accompanying Working Group (PAG) on the large-scale nature conservation project "Streams, Moors and...
Final event regiosöl: Communicating added values - putting methods for recording regional social and ecological benefits of organic farming into practice
The regiosöl research project funded by the German Federal Organic Farming Program (BÖL) comes to a close at the end of April. Over a period of three...
Interim presentation of the nature park plan for the Reinhardswald Nature Park
On 19. April 2023, IfLS Consulting and Projects presented the current status of the nature park planning to the entire network of the Reinhardswald...
Final report online: Testing and further development of the operational recording of the social and ecological performance of organic farming
One aspect of the overall regiosöl project for the period from 1 June 2021 to 30 April 2022 was the testing, analysis and further development of the...
Progress within the RUSTIK project: with first reports and a third meeting the project on data infrastructures for sustainable rural areas is taking shape
How are functional rural areas defined in the RUSTIK project? What do we mean by transitions in the field of digitalisation, socio-economy and...
Investments in small farms in Baden-Württemberg
In 2022, a survey of 60 beneficiaries of the support for investments in small farms (IklB) was conducted as part of the ongoing evaluation of the MEPL...
Conversation agreements - grazing in Baden-Württemberg: An analysis of funding data
To promote grazing adapted to nature conservation objectives, conservation agreements are the central measure in the "Measures and Development Plan...
Completion of the project DigiBeL: Participation of Citizens in Rural Regional Development
After three years, the DigiBeL project was completed at the end of March 2023. Together with the "Institut für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft"...
1st EIP-Agri funding call launched in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
On 31 March 2023, the EAFRD Managing Authority launched the 1st funding call for the submission of project proposals for the establishment of...
Closing event of the regiosöl project on March 29th
The BÖL-funded research project regiosöl comes to a close. For three years, the Institute for Rural Structural Research (IfLS e.V.) together with the...
Sustainable development goals for three Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities
In the first quarter of 2023, the city of Speyer, the municipality of Sprendlingen-Gensingen and the municipality of Deidesheim worked on the...
Agroforestry and the new CAP - first impressions from Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
Mixed land use systems form the central theme of the EU's sister projects AGROMIX and MIXED. In addition, both projects devote special attention to...
Second meeting for the project "Insect protection measures and potentials for such measures in protected areas".
From February 7th to 9th, 2023 about 35 representatives and experts for insect protection measures in protected areas met.
IfLS Consulting and...
RUSTIK: First pilot region meeting in Osona and Barcelona
On February, 20-21 2023 partners from all 14 Pilot pilot regions of the RUSTIK project met for the first time for an knowledge exchange, training,...
TOOLS4CAP project: Kick-off meeting in Brussels
The TOOLS4CAP project started with a two-day meeting of all project partners in Brussels on February 13-14, 2023.
The overall objective of the...
Support mechanisms for mixed farming and agroforestry systems in the EU
A broad consortium in ten countries and a total of 14 networks works on the EU project MIXED. Each individual network represents an association or...
Participation of citizens in rural regional development - preliminary results presented and discussed in workshop with experts
In the DigiBeL project, we are working on generalisable conclusions and recommendations for action until the research project is completed in spring...
Leading projects for the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park
As part of the nature park planning for the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park, the lead project workshop took place on January 31, 2023 in the...
Cork: Where does it come from?
The majority of cork comes from Portugal. In the traditional "Montados", cork oaks are cultivated for decades to centuries, closely linked to grazing...
What tasks can nature parks and biosphere reserves take on in the dialogue and balancing of interests in the forest?
In the constituent meeting of the NaBioKom project's working group (PAG) on 26.1.2023, the project team informed the PAG members about the project....