{"id":712,"date":"2020-09-22T05:56:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T05:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/?page_id=712"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:24:27","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0Who we are \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Friends of the Countryside is a non-profit making organisation consisting of more than 700 private landowners<\/strong>, rural managers and entrepreneurs from the 27 EU Member states<\/strong> and beyond, including the UK, USA and Brazil.<\/p>

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Not only does this network allow private entrepreneurs to advocate rural property rights and the important function of land management, but it also establishes a dialogue between decision-makers, entrepreneurs and rural owners whose aim is to improve the economic, environmental and social conditions of Europe\u2019s countryside. The basic principle of this network is founded in the belief that\u00a0property rights\u00a0are the underlying force behind long-term projects,<\/strong> investments and achievements in rural areas.<\/p>

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Tradition<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0innovation\u00a0are two key concepts held by the association<\/strong>. Tradition represents the heritage tied to the land and the resulting social responsibilities of its managers who must think and plan over many generations.Innovation\u00a0reflects the efforts made by the members to profitably manage their properties for the long term, all the while respecting the vital role of land and nature for insuring a\u00a0sustainable future. <\/strong>In accordance with these guidelines the FCS network takes part in the global debate on the functions of land management in today\u2019s society and its prominent role in the challenges facing the food chain and the environment.<\/p>

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The FCS annual congress, conferences and field visits organised each year represent good opportunities for the FCS members to discover new initiatives and ways of management, and to share their experience on issues such as farming, forestry, cultural heritage, rural development, renewable energies, family business, active entrepreneurship and transmission to the next generation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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ELO, Sister Organization of the FCS<\/b><\/p>

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The\u00a0European Landowners’ Organization’s (ELO) national constituent organizations in the enlarged European Union and Candidate countries represent millions of landowners throughout Europe.<\/p>

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ELO is committed to promoting a\u00a0sustainable and prosperous countryside<\/strong>\u00a0and to increasing awareness relating to environmental and agricultural issues. Engaging various stakeholders, the ELO develops policy recommendations and programmes of action. They organize interdisciplinary meetings gathering together key actors from the rural sector and policy makers at the local, regional, national and European level. Its ability to do all of this assures its unique position among the think tanks in the agricultural, environmental and rural activities’ sectors.<\/p>

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The work by ELO supports a large number of rural family businesses and entreprises as well as individual actors in Europe\u00a0 involved in activities such as farming and agriculture, forestry and cork, wine production, hunting and fishing as well as water and waste treatment.<\/strong> They set out to encourage sustainable development and management, whilst promoting biodiversity, sustainable biodiversity, food safety, responsible packaging, and combating climate change. ELO also strives to uphold property rights notably in land use, real estates, historic houses and gardens.<\/p>

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\u00a0The Friends of the Countryside is a non-profit making organization consisting of\u00a0more than 700 private landowners<\/strong>, rural managers and entrepreneurs from the\u00a027 EU Member States<\/strong> and beyond, including the UK, USA and Brazil.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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CAP and the Green Deal<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Property Rights and Rural Areas <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Forestry and Cork<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Who we are \u00a0 The Friends of the Countryside is a non-profit making organisation consisting of more than 700 private landowners, rural managers and entrepreneurs from the 27 EU Member states and beyond, including the UK, USA and Brazil. \u00a0 Not only does this network allow private entrepreneurs to advocate rural property rights and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-712","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712"}],"version-history":[{"count":125,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6428,"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/712\/revisions\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}