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Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Collective and experimental management for farmland birds. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Farm exchanges. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Flower strips for ecological pest control. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Hedges and flower strips for biological pest control. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Hedge management using specialized machinery. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

What we do

Installing dams for water conservation. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

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What we do

Using woodchips from landscape management as source for soil organic matter input. Photo credit: Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

Boerennatuur Vlaanderen

Founded:

2012

National structure:

Umbrella organisation with 33 local farmers groups, involving 500 farmers as active members

Biogeographical regions covered:

Atlantic

Collaboration with farmers:

500

Main activities:

  • Agrobiodiversity
  • Landscape management
  • Soil and water conservation

Collaboration:

  • with European countries: Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Sweden

 

Boerennatuur Vlaanderen is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting sustainable agriculture and preserving the natural environment in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. Originating within a project that started in 2008,  the organization has been working for 15 years to support farmers in implementing environmentally friendly farming practices and to protect and restore natural habitats.

One of the primary goals of Boerennatuur Vlaanderen is to encourage farmers to adopt sustainable farming practices that deliver ecosystem services to society (such as landscape quality, biodiversity, water retention and climate mitigation), and are also economically viable. Through group facilitation, experimental development and technical assistance, the organization helps farmers to develop and implement more eco-friendly farming methods that improve soil health, reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, conserve water resources, restore farmland biodiversity and improve landscape quality.

By facilitating the cooperation between farmers, social learning and spatial coordination of measures can be achieved, improving the impact at the landscape level. Boerennatuur currently assists more than 30 local farmer groups to realize synergies between farming and environment.

 

Further information

Voorstellingsbrochure Boerennatuur Vlaanderen (Download Brochure)