Nature Protection

As part of the EU PathFinder project, ELO and the University of Freiburg organised five regional workshops in Madrid, Vienna, Helsinki, Ljubljana, and Brussels to gather stakeholder perspectives on EU forest policy. Across the five workshops, 57 par...

Peatlands are widely recognised for their environmental value, but for European farmers and landowners they remain a complex and demanding land management challenge. Although the conservation of peatlands plays a role in climate mitigation, too ofte...

Have you ever considered the difference between nature stewardship and nature protection? For most, they are synonyms describing the same thing – a caring attitude towards our environment. However, behind these two concepts lie two different philo...

Across Brussels, the political narrative is shifting. After years of layering new strategies – the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Nature Restoration Regulation – the European insti...

When it comes to the impact of the Commission’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the devil is out there in the open for all to see – in the lip-service paid in addressing the most serious du...

The return of large carnivores to European landscapes is a significant conservation milestone. However, this success presents new challenges for rural communities, particularly farmers, whose livelihoods and traditional practices are affected by the...

Climate change is impacting the European ecosystems to a degree we still not fully understand but important decisions have to be made today. We are aware that, in face of the multiple crises, there is the temptation to prioritize short-term gains at...

Ecosystems are the “lungs” and backbone of our rural territories and landowners are custodians of this rich environment. The European Landowners’ Organization supports the European Commission’s aspiration to improve the health and resilience...

Thierry de l’Escaille: It is my pleasure to thank the authors of this study, which is made in the framework of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and other major strategies such as the «Green Pact for Europe» to fight again...