Deadline: January 31, 2025
Applications are open for the European Landowners Land and Soil Management Award 2024/2025. The prize rewards land use and soil management practices mitigating soil threats i.e. soil degradation, erosion, reduction of organic matter content, diffuse contamination, and compaction as well as the reduction of soil biodiversity, salinization, sealing, flooding and landslides.
In doing so, the award sheds light on outstanding achievements, encouraging new concepts of land and soil protection and their implementation in land management, as well as enhancing awareness about the importance of land and soil functions, in Europe and extended territories. The award is bestowed upon the winner every year during the Forum for the Future of Agriculture, which will take place on April 1, 2025.
Benefits
- €5,000 is awarded to the winning project every year. The Jury can also award a Diploma of Recognition.
Eligibility
- Open to farmers, landowners, land managers, groups of farmers, on their own or in collaboration with research institutes, universities and/or private companies;
- They should be operating in Europe and extended territories.
Application
The application should preferably be filled out in English. If the application chooses another language a well-structured English summary of the project should be enclosed.
Submit your project via e-mail to the Award Coordinator at [email protected] and share your success!
For more information, visit Land and Soil Management Award.
