F4N: Farmers for Nature

Programme 2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The aim of the project was to identify new ways to maintain and improve rural landscapes with enhanced ecological value and with preserved cultural identity. This was done in co-operation with farmers as well as regional organisations and volunteers in order to test best practices with respect to European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other relevant EU legislation.

Achievements (EN):

Seven regional pilots have been carried out, which all resulted in the improvement of biodiversity and living conditions. In Germany, the pilot project realized the implementation of the EU-Water Framework Directive in the intensely used and at the same time highly efficient agricultural area around the Lethe River. As a result, improvements were achieved both for the biological and chemical quality of the river’s water. The future observation and maintenance of the Lethe restoration is assured by the project partners. Another main achievement was the development of a public-private model for agrarian goods. The model is of high relevance regarding EU politics on agriculture. It offers a new way of encouraging closer ties between the public and rural affairs to help financing changes in farming practice. Moreover, an efficient production chain from cattle grazing in natural landscape to the end-product has been set up and implemented. Another focus was put on the relation between agriculture, landscape and regional identity. In Norway, a regional symbol as carrier for cultural heritage was developed and implemented. The Flemish pilot worked on a sustainable agricultural production system, which provides better ecological quality of farmland, a restored landscape and the preservation of cultural heritage. Another initiative implemented a biodiversity action plan, which in the end resulted in a positive impact on biodiversity.

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Rural and peripheral development Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Provinsje Fryslân

Address: P.O.Box 20120, Tweebaksmarkt 52, NL-8900 HM Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

PROCLAM, West Vlaanderen

Name: PROCLAM, West Vlaanderen

Address: Ieperseweg 87, 8800 Rumbeke-Beitem, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Water Board of Oldenburg & East Frisia (OOWV)

Name: Water Board of Oldenburg & East Frisia (OOWV)

Address: Georgstraße 4, 26919 Brake, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Telemark Forskning

Name: Telemark Forskning

Address: Telemarksforsking-Bø, Box 4, N-3833 BØ Telemark, Norway

Legal status: n/a

Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group

Name: Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group

Address: Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2RX Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Provincie Drenthe

Name: Provincie Drenthe

Address: 9405 BJ Assen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

British Trust for Ornithology

Name: British Trust for Ornithology

Address: The Nunnery, IP24 2PU Thetford, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Province of Fryslân

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PROCLAM, West Vlaanderen

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Water Board of Oldenburg & East Frisia (OOWV)

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Telemark Forskning

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Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group

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Province of Drenthe

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British Trust for Ornithology

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Summary

Project name (EN): F4N: Farmers for Nature

Project acronym: F4N

Project start date: 2004-02-27

Project end date: 2006-06-15

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 810 210.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 905 104.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2019-04-25

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

70 / 70 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

557 / 557 (100%)

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