Activities
Events
The Friends of the Countryside organise and support the following Events, Projects and Awards
The Belleuropa Award was created by leading environmental figure Giuseppe NATTA. The award is intended to recognize the value of carefully managed natural habitats and their managers’ efforts in improving the rural landscape and enhancing biodiversity. It promotes sustainable business models based around the creation of new kinds of rural tourism, the promotion of regional or traditional low-impact products, or by harnessing the environmental and historical assets of the territory.
Every year the FCS organise a General Assembly and Conference with visits to farming estates in one of our member countries. Click here for a list of past GA’s.
The premier event to debate on agriculture and the environment is held annually in Brussels. For more information, please consult the FFA website here.
Project
Accreditation for sustainable wildlife and land management José Maria GÓMEZ-ACEBO ROSAS: wildlife[@]elo.org
For information about all the activities at private countryside estates please visit the WEW website.
For a comprehensive list of Projects shared with ELO, please consult the Projects section on the ELO website here: https://www.europeanlandowners.org/
Award
Soil and Land Management Award
Rewards land use and soil management practices that mitigate soil threats by encouraging new concepts of land and soil protection and their implementation in land management.
Wildlife Estates Label-Belleurop Award
European Bee Award
Since 2014, the Bee Award is committed to find common solutions for the benefit of biodiversity by rewarding projects protecting pollinators.
Please click on the image for more details of the Bee Award including previous winners.
European Tree of the Year
Highlights the significance of trees in the natural and cultural heritage of Europe. The contest is not looking for the most beautiful tree, but for a tree with a story; a tree rooted in the lives and work of the people and the community that surrounds it.
Famigro Award
Granted annually to a young European entrepreneur who is making a special contribution to the rural economy and environment.