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European Islands and Farm Landscapes - LINKS The Islands: The Partners : Who's who CYPRUS - ENGLAND - IRELAND - MALTA - NETHERLANDS - SCOTLAND - SPAIN - Menorca - SWEDEN Project Links Business and the Environment linked through Small Scale Tourism – EU Interreg North Sea Region project that has brought together Local Authorities and business people from England, Sweden and Norway dealing with natural values and alternative sources of income on farmland. They all care about their special environments and wish to enhance them and share them with their visitors. http://www.besst.org/index.asp European Small Islands Network (ESIN)– EU Interreg IIIc North East Southwest regional project. ESIN is an organisation that is being developed through the Inter-Island Exchange Project. At present there are 6 member countries. The objective of ESIN is to promote greater co-operation between small islands in Europe, to share the benefits of islands experience of sustainable development and to influence national, EU regional development policies in favour of small island communities. http://www.europeansmallislands.net Farmers for Nature – EU Interreg North Sea Region project linking seven countries in the North Sea region, working with farmers to preserve the nature, landscape and cultural identity of the countryside. http://www.farmersfornature.org North Sea RURAL project – Under its economic development theme it includes actions on re-use of redundant farm buildings, survival of rural based companies, Survival of rural based companies, and branding of rural produced products. http://www.erhverv.viborgamt.dk/sw5254.asp Small Islands for Understanding and Understanding(SISU)– Leader+ transnational project whose prime objective is to develop an international network. The network will connect LEADER+ areas in Europe who have islands with similar characteristics with one other. Through working in partnerships, common issues and problems will be discussed as well as ways of overcoming these. http://www.sisunet.info/ Links to European Island Farm Landscapes Project Members & Associates Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – Lead partner in this Leader+ project http://www.hwt.org.uk/ CYPRUS Development Agency of Larnaca –Cypriot partner in the project. http://www.anetel.com/en IRELAND Comhdhail Oileain na hEireann / Irish Islands Federation –Irish partner in the project. http://www.oileain.ie MALTA Genista Foundation- Maltese partner in the project. http://www.genistafoundation.org/ http://www.allmalta.com/readers/article88.html NETHERLANDS De Lieuw Association for Agricultural Nature and Landscape Management on Texel/Vereniging De Lieuw voor Agrarisch Natuur- en Landschapsbeheer – Dutch partner in the project. http://www.delieuw.nl/ SPAIN Menorca biosphere reserve administration http://www.cime.es/ca/crb/crb.htm GOB Menorca – Main Menorcan partner in the project http://www.gobmenorca.com/ Leader+ Menorca http:// www.leadermenorca.org Majorca Leader+ http://www.leadermallorca.org SWEDEN Small Islands for Understanding and Understanding – Carpe Mare-Styrsö stadsdelsförvaltning. Associate to the project. http://www.styrso.goteborg.se/prod/styrso/dalis2.nsf/vyPublicerade/F6703B8C0E51AB71C1256FD4004A6A79?OpenDocument http://www.sisunet.info/ UNITED KINGDOM Shetland Crofting, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group SFWAG – Shetland Islands partner to the project. http://www.fwag.org.uk/scotland/ RSPB Islay – canditate partner to the project http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/l/lochgruinart/index.asp Island Links Cyprus • National CHM http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/agriculture.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument • Local Leader+ (Development Agency of Larnaca) http://www.anetel.com/en/Participation.htm • Government and local websites o Larnaka Municipality http://www.larnaka.com/ o Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/agriculture.nsf/environment_en/environment_en?OpenDocument o Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation http://www.research.org.cy Ireland – offshore islands • National CHM http://www.environ.ie • Local Leader+ (Comhdhail Oileain na hEireann) Comhdhail Oileain na hEireann / Irish Islands Federation http://www.oileain.ie • Government and local website Galway County Council http://www.galway.ie/ Aran Heritage Centre http://www.visitaranislands.com/ Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government http://www.environ.ie Nature Conservation-National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) http://www.npws.ie Malta • National CHM http://www.mepa.org.mt • Local Leader+ Ministry for rural affairs and the environment Email: joseph.c.bonello@gov.mt • Government website o Malta. Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment (includes Agriculture and Fisheries) http://www.mrae.gov.mt/ • Rural Development Department http://www.agric.gov.mt/rural_dev.htm http://www.agric.gov.mt/Documents/RDD%20Documents/Applications/RSS/Guidelines%20for%20applicants.pdf Netherlands - Texel • National CHM http://netherlands.biodiv-chm.org/ • Local Leader+ (Kop van Noord Holland &Texel) http://www.leader-plus.org/projecten/welcome.asp?lang=0 • Wadden Sea Forum http://www.waddensea-forum.org/ • Government and local websites o Gemeente Texel http://www.texel.nl/index.html o Provincie Noord-Holland http://www.noord-holland.nl o Netherlands. Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality http://www.minlnv.nl/international/ Spain - Menorca • National CHM http://www.mma.es/conserv_nat/biodiv/index.htm • Leader+ Menorca http:// www.leadermenorca.org • Government and local websites Consell Insula de Menorca http://www.cime.es/ o Regional Government of the Balearic Islands http://www.caib.es o Producte Balear http://www.caib.es/root/altreswebs/link.en.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productebalear.net%2F o Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food http://www.mapya.es/portada_en.htm http://www.mapya.es/en/desarrollo/pags/comu/iniciativa.htm http://www.mapya.es/en/desarrollo/pags/magam/Intromedidas.htm Sweden • National CHM and Agriculture http://www.biodiv.se/eng/jordbruk/ • Local Leader+ (Carpe Mare) http://www.carpemare.nu • Government and local website o Styrsö/ Göteborgs Stad http://www.styrso.goteborg.se/ o Swedish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2064 o Swedish National Rural Development Agency (Glesbygdsverket) http://www.glesbygdsverket.se • Swedish Federation of Rural Economy and Agricultural Societies http://www.hush.se/index.htm UK – Isle of Wight • National CHM http://www.chm.org.uk/ • UK BAP http://www.ukbap.org.uk/ • Local Leader+ (Isle of Wight Rural Action Zone Leader+) http://www.iwep.com/projectprofile.asp?project=16 • Isle of Wight AONB http://www.wightaonb.org.uk/ • Government and Local Authority websites • Isle of Wight Council http://www.iwight.com • English Nature http://www.english-nature.org.uk/ • South East England Development Agency http://www.seeda.co.uk/ • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) http://www.defra.gov.uk/erdp/schemes/default.htm • Forestry Commission http://www.forestry.gov.uk/ UK – Islay • National CHM http://www.chm.org.uk/ • Local Leader+ (WHELK) http://www.whelk.org.uk/ • Government and local websites o Argyll and Bute Council http:// www.argyll-bute.gov.uk o Islay Directory http://www.islay.co.uk/ UK – Shetland Islands • Living Shetlands http://www.nature.shetland.co.uk/others/living.htm • National CHM http://www.chm.org.uk/ • Local Leader+ (Northern Isles Leader+) http://hie.co.uk/shetland/Leader-plus.html • Interreg III in the UK http://www.interregiii.org.uk/index.htm • Government and local websites o Shetland Islands Council http://www.shetland.gov.uk/ o Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Agriculture http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Agriculture/Environment o Scottish Natural Heritage http://www.snh.org.uk/ o Crofters Commission http://www.crofterscommission.org.uk o Scottish Agricultural College http://www.sac.ac.uk/ EU Links and Information The European Union On-Line http://europa.eu.int/ The Official EU website. Leader+ http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/index_en.htm Latest information on EU action in support of regional development InfoRegio http://europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_en.htm Latest information on EU action in support of regional development EU Agriculture and Environment website http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/envir/index_en.htmContinuously updated information on EU developments relating to agriculture, agri-environment measures and Leader+. EU's Environment website http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm Continuously updated information on EU developments relating to the environment. EU Biodiversity Action Plan for Agriculture http://biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int/ Continuously updated information on EC Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism. EU Clearing House Mechanism on Biodiversity http://biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int/ Continuously updated information on EC Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism. European Environment Agency http://www.eea.eu.int/ This Community Agency provides environmental and sustainable development relevant information Convention on Biological Diversity Links and European Initiatives Convention on Biological Biodiversity http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml CBD Island Biodiversity Programme http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/island/default.asp CBD Agricultural Biodiversity Programme http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/agro/programme.asp CBD Clearing House Mechanism http://www.biodiv.org/chm/default.aspx Pan European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy http://www.strategyguide.org/ European Union Biodiversity Strategy http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/home.htm EU Biodiversity Action Plan for Agriculture http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l28024.htm European Landscape Convention http://www.coe.int/t/e/Cultural_Co-operation/Environment/Landscape/ World Heritage Convention http://whc.unesco.org/ UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programme -Biosphere Reserve Programme http://www.unesco.org/mab/