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Belgian Nature Integrated Project (BNIP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2015, End date: Dec 31, 2023,

Background The Habitats Directive Article 17 and Birds Directive Article 12 report, published in 2007, revealed the unfavourable conservation status in Belgium of many habitats and species listed in these directives. The main drivers identified were inappropriate land use, low environmental quality, insufficient management and under-resourced conservation ...
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Veteran Tree Management Skills Certification

Start date: Dec 1, 2016, End date: Aug 31, 2019,

As a result of the VETree project, training material on veteran tree management has become easily and freely accesible, both for training centres and arboricultural professionals. This has led to an increased awareness about the importance and specific management of veteran trees. As defined in the VETree project, there is now an increased number of training possibilities on the subject: now that ...
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To get heath restored (Life Together)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

Background The Natura 2000 site, Valleigebied van de Kleine Nete, is located in northeast Flanders, in the central Campine region, and covers 4 884 ha. The project focuses on 732 ha in the eastern part of this site, where nutrient-poor sandy soils are predominant. In 1935, the project area was mostly a heathland landscape, with a complex of land dunes and ...
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Entwicklung und Implementierung eines Personal Learning Environments im Forst und in der Baumpflege

Start date: Dec 1, 2009,

Employees must help to maintain their own employability and the competitiveness of their employers by developing professionally relevant key competences on their own behalf. Vocational training should also contribute to the competitiveness of European undertakings. This is why vocational training and working practice need to mesh more tightly together and why we must attempt to integrate formal an ...
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European network of knowledge for Internet supported distance learning in sustainable forestry

The goal of the project is to create an Internet platform for distance education within the forestry sector. The target group is defined as students in the vocational training / forest workers and vocational teachers in forestry/forest owners. Pilot courses are planned. Based on European needs present in each partner country the partnerships' aim is create a European Network of knowledge for high ...
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LEARNFORWORK: Valuing formal, non-formal and informal forms of Learning by workers in the forestry sector

Harmonisation in forestry education : Due to a lack of transparency in forestry education, many skills are not officially recognised or are undervalued. Forest workers pick up useful skills as they build up their practical work experience. The project recognises the need for a formal ranking and evaluation system and has developed methods to address the problem. This project started in 2003 and la ...
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Vocational education and training on veteran trees (VETree)

...s developed the bulk of the innovative training. These have been put to practice by Amigos de los Arboles Viejos in northern Spain and by the research and consultancy firm Pro Natura from Sweden. Inverde is Flanders’ lead training centre in nature conservation and Progresul Silvic is the main information exchange organisation in Romania and is managing two major nature conservation areas with thou ...
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Evaluation and Implementation of Chainsaw Operators Certification

The rationale behind this project was the development of a common set of training and assessment standards for chainsaw operators which has been successfully achieved. Accidents, fatalities and associated economic & personal costs related to chainsaw use are too high and will be significantly reduced via the implementation of these new standards which will be, monitored & updated on a regular basi ...
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