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Saving European Eel AND small scale fishermen
In its October 2016 advice, ICES advised that all anthropogenic impact on eels – including recreational and commercial fishing at all stages, hydropower, pumping stations, and pollution should be kept as close to zero as possible. At the end of August of this year, LIFE Members from the Baltic Sea area,...
European Union
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Статья в блоге
Commission puts EU fishermen in catch-22 situation
The European Commission has proposed new fishing quotas for 2018 but new rules create a paradox whereby fishermen won’t actually be able to cast off and go out to sea.
The Commission proposed new fishing quotas for 78 fish stocks in the Atlantic and North Sea on Tuesday (7 November). Fisheries...
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Проект
Pescado artesanal
Pescado artesanal is an online platform and a communication campaign to increase the consumption of artisanal seafood. The online platform pools products of four auctions, making local seafood more accessible to buyers.
Spain
2017 - European Commission
Видеоматериал
Blue Hope Tuna
LIFE members, staff and scientists explain current challenges and future opportunities to give the right to fish Bluefin Tuna back to small-scale fishing communities.
Small-scale fishers play a vital role for coastal communities. For centuries they fished for Bluefin tuna, which provided a significant seasonal source of income for them. Since...
France - Malta - Spain
2017 - Low Impact Fishers of Europe
Статья в блоге
New Report: Policies For Better Livestock Farming
Future policies towards livestock farming and trade in the UK and EU should support a shift to healthy sustainable diets and develop more coherent approaches to environmental objectives such as climate change, protecting nature and high animal welfare.
European Union
2017 - ARC 2020
Статья в блоге
Future of CAP: Who'll provide our food?
Everybody needs food – and that means that everybody needs farmers. Farming was one of humanity's first professions, an organised way to meet the fundamental needs of each and every person on the planet. It's this fundamental need that means that farming is just as important today as it was...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Проект
Microcredit for small-scale fishermen
For years, the local fishermen have been enduring the effects of the financial crisis. The region’s banking system is limited to a few operators with strict constraints for attributing loans. Fishermen cannot necessarily provide a typical guarantee, making it difficult for them to obtain loans. Because fishermen do not always...
Italy
2017 - European Commission
Книга
A partnership between Europe and farmers
The EU has 500 million consumers and they all need a reliable supply of healthy and nutritious food at an affordable price. The economic environment is set to remain uncertain and unpredictable. Moreover, there are many current and future challenges including global competition, economic and financial crises, climate change and...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Доклад
Access to land and Community Supported Agriculture: Stories from Europe
Access to agricultural land has become a major issue throughout Europe - we are witnessing loss of land, land degradation, land concentration, land price increases and speculation. Yet the growing demand for local, fair and organic food cannot be met without the land and the committed farmers.
Community Supported Agriculture has...
European Union
2017 - Access To Land
Статья в блоге
How a dairy cooperative in Slovenia became one of the leading producers of high quality fresh milk and cheese
A dairy plant in Slovenia created a local mountain supply chain with high added value that resulted in having a positive impact on the local economy and promote the long tradition of the area in dairy production. By modernizing and improving its production technology, the dairy effectively transformed the plant...
Slovenia
2017 - Euromontana
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GEOPOS: livestock geo-localisation through satellite
Due to the mountainous topography of the Basque Country, livestock breeders often lose a lot of time by going to seek their herd in the mountains every day, which is especially stressful for part time farmers. Thus, the livestock breeders expressed a need for change in the livestock management. This...
Spain
2017 - Euromontana
Тематическое исследование
Viva S ol: Case Study from a S eries on Access to Land for Communit y Connected Farming an association of cheese eaters and producers
A national association of cheese eaters and producers established to support the development of solidarity between urban and rural people, and to encourage the settlement of small farmers and artisans in rural Lithuania.
Viva sol has started a farmers’ market in Vilnius, a box scheme, environmental training and activities to support...
Latvia
2017 - Access to Land
Статья в блоге
Smart farming hinges on e-skills and rural internet access
The digitisation of agriculture could help Europe address food security and environmental issues at the same time. But realising this vision will require e-skills, proper broadband infrastructure and big data management, experts warn.
2017 - EurActiv
Статья в блоге
Future of CAP: Feeding the world
According to the United Nation's world food security report, 815 million people faced serious hunger in 2016 – that is more than one and a half times the entire population of the European Union. There are numerous reasons why so many millions are affected by this issue, from conflict to...
European Union
2017 - European Commission
Статья в блоге
The Cork 2.0 Action Plan released by DG AGRI
The European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has recently published the Cork 2.0 Action Plan. This Action Plan outlines planned and completed activities across the EU to implement each of the ten policy orientations of the Cork 2.0 Declaration concerning rural communities and possible policy responses.
This Action Plan...
European Union
2017 - Euromontana
Тематическое исследование
Access to Land in Southern Spain: From under productive latifundia to workers cooperatives established on public land
A new case study of our case study series on Access to land has just been released. It is entitled "Andalusia: a recent history of land issues and struggles. From unproductive latifundio to workers’ cooperatives on public land".
Spain
2017 - Access to Land
Статья в блоге
‘Multifunctional’ women could save EU rural areas
In a study of women and their roles in rural areas adopted by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee and Women’s Committee (28 February), EU lawmakers called for an enhanced role for women in the EU farming sector.
Faced with a number of severe challenges ranging from growing urbanisation to an ageing...
European Union
2017 - EurActiv
Статья в блоге
Let life in the oceans be a priority for ‘blue growth’
Blue growth is considered a miracle cure for stagnating economic growth. It will cure overexploited fish stocks, dwindling resources and feed a growing world population. In the absence of a Planet B it gives a glimmer of hope. Blue economy is a collective term for hopes of creating sustainable blue...
2017 - EurActiv
Журнальная статья
How the municipality of Alzen quadrupled its population in 40 years
On April 6th, 2017, Euromontana’s team and members of the South-West Europe Circular Economy Group visited Alzen, a village in the Pyrenées Ariégeoises, in the south-west of France. Alzen has managed to become an attractive destination for new inhabitants, including young people. Indeed, in 40 years, Alzen quadrupled its population....
France
2017 - Euromontana
Статья в блоге
Progress expected on the implementation of the legislation on the OQT “mountain product” in Italy
On February 24, 2017, Elisabetta Parravicini, Vice-President of Euromontana and President of member organization ERSAF (Ente Regionale per i Servizi all’Agricoltura e alle Foreste), presented Euromontana’s work and future objectives at a meeting on Italian mountains as driving forces for development. Elisabetta Parravicini began by recounting the history and outlining...
Italy
2017 - Euromontana
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