The Erasmus+ WESEM project focuses on training students and professionals in forestry and agriculture to become advisors in ethical farm management. Our goal is to encourage sustainable practice, to help earn the Wildlife Estate Label and to promote coexistence between agriculture and conservation.
You will improve your ability to evaluate land for its best use, considering factors like soil quality, water availability, and ecological sensitivity.
All three groups aim to balance human needs with environmental health, ensuring that natural resources are available for future generations. Farmers, landowners, and conservation organizations often work together on projects such as habitat restoration, sustainable land management, and environmental education.
The Wildlife Estate Label is a certification aimed at promoting and rewarding sustainable wildlife and habitat management practices on private and public estates. It is typically awarded to landowners, farmers, and organizations that demonstrate a commitment to biodiversity conservation, sustainable land use, and ecological stewardship.
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The Nature Fund was established by landowners in 2021 and is a leading partner of the project, whose role is to cooperate with interest groups in Estonia, create a learning platform in cooperation with partners and distribute it. Being an initiative of landowners, the principle of which is to deal with nature care issues on private lands and this conservation cooperation holds the right to certify Wildlife Estate label in Estonia.
OnProjects is a consultancy specializing in European funds management. It has a long track record in training projects in various fields, with a particular focus on projects related to agriculture and rural development. The various services it provides include projects quality assurance/monitoring and web and graphic design.
Polish Ecological Club in Krakow Gliwice Chapter is a local chapter of the Polish Ecological Club, one of the leading independent environmental NGO in Poland. PEC Gliwice has been working on topics related to ecology and environment since 1988, focusing on topics such as: sustainable agriculture, deforestation, sustainable soil management and more. The main mission of PEC Gliwice is: shaping environmental awareness, improving the condition of Polish environment and the protection and conservation of Polish natural and cultural heritage.
Luua Forestry School (LFS), established in 1948, holds a unique distinction as the only vocational school in Estonia that specializes in various forestry-related subjects. Our constantly upgraded and technologically advanced training and apprenticeship facilities provides the labour market with specialists such as foresters and managers, arboriculturists, forest machinery managers, hiking guides, landscapers, woody plant assessors, green area caretakers, etc. Apart from that LFS also offers re-training and in-service courses for field professionals bringing a unique, yet fundamental perspective to the development of WESEM’s training content.
The European Landowner Organization ELO, created in 1972, is a unique Federation of national associations from the EU27, which represents the interests of the landowners, land, and forest and building managers and rural entrepreneurs at the European political level. ELO develops The Wildlife Estates label , a core element of ELO’s public facing activities, it highlights, and most importantly, rewards positive sustainable biodiversity management strategies on private land.
