Rural areas

Brussels, 12 December 2024 – The European Parliament has officially re-established the “Biodiversity, Hunting, Countryside” Intergroup with the support of over 100 MEPs from the major political groups. This move highlights the growing reco...

Brussels, 11th December 2024 – The European Bee Award celebrated its 11th edition with a ceremony held at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Paulo do Nascimento Cabral. This year, the spotlight was on innovative and collaborative initiatives t...

Authors: Guillaume Sainteny (CS FRB), Louise Dupuis (FRB) Taxation of agricultural land wields considerable influence, not only on the intrinsic value of the land but also on agricultural practices, land use, urban planning, and environmental po...

With a ceremony held at the European Parliament and hosted by MEP Franc Bogovič, the award recognized a scalable model for pollinators’ habitat restoration and recreation, and a novel peptide bioinsecticide. Brussels, 29th November 2023 – Th...

BRUSSELS, 7 DECEMBER 2016 Designed to distinguish innovative & practical ideas to protect pollinators in European farming, the European Bee Award, established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Mach...

For years, the European Bee Award has been promoting bees and pollinators’ wellbeing, essential to preserve and restore biodiversity in farming environments in Europe. The prize was established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and ...

BRUSSELS, 7 DECEMBER 2022 The European Bee Award has been acknowledging innovative, efficient, and scalable projects that protect pollinators in Europe since it was established in 2014 by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the Euro...

BRUSSELS, 8 DECEMBER 2021 The European Bee Award has been committed to acknowledging, supporting and incentivising, innovative and scalable projects that ensure the protection and prosperity of pollinators in Europe. This award was established in...

BRUSSELS, 11 DECEMBER 2019 With the aim of acknowledging innovative, efficient and scalable projects that protect pollinators in Europe, the European Bee Award, established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricul...

BRUSSELS, 5 DECEMBER 2018 The European Bee Award was established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA) in 2014, to acknowledge innovative & practical ideas to prot...

BRUSSELS, 6 DECEMBER 2017 To acknowledge innovative & practical ideas to protect pollinators in European farming, the European Bee Award, established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Ind...

BRUSSELS, 10 DECEMBER 2015 Pollinators took center stage in Brussels last night at the 2015 European Bee Award. With pollination a vital component of the entire European countryside, the Bee award is given out to those farmers and land managers w...

BRUSSELS, 9 DECEMBER 2014 The Bavarian Farmers’ Association is the winner of the 1st European Bee Award established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Association (CEMA) to acknowledge bee-f...

Since 1989, a period of change unprecedented in eastern Europe since 1945 has combined with globalisation (to which the communist bloc had in large measure been the major obstacle) and a major shift in the economies of scale in farming. Not ...