Anders WALL AWARD

Since 2002, the Anders WALL Foundation (Sweden), Friends of the Countryside, DG Environment and the Royal Agriculture Academy of Stockholm have given an award each year to encourage and promote efforts made by creative entrepreneurs who have contributed to creating a « positive rural environment »: landscape preservation, biodiversity enhancement, cultural heritage conservation and contribution to the rural economy within the European Union.

Eligibility criteria:

Importance at local, national and European level is expected, use of quality instruments and management practices which contribute to the improvement of the quality of the environment.

Selection criteria:

Their achievements should preferably include the following elements:

Preserving and enhancing the landscape;

Providing biodiversity;

Preserving the countryside’s cultural heritage;

Contributing to sustainable economic local development.

The landowner/manager of the selected project will receive a prize of 10,000 €.

For the Anders WALL Award 2008 the selected project was from a Swedish applicant with the “Wrams Gunnarstorp” biogas plant.

Winner of Anders Wall Award

“Wrams Gunnarstorp Estates Biogas plant” (Sweden)

The estate owner Rudolf Tornerhjelm is the fifth generation of the Tornerhjelm family to work the Wrams Gunnarstorp estate in Söderåsen in the Skåne province of southern Sweden.

However, since two of the six applications distinguished themselves in environmental protection combined with sustainable use of landscape, the second ranked application, "The Forestry of Dafnondas" from Dafnondas SA in Greece was awarded with a diploma of excellence.

J. NORDENFALK, A. WALL, L. MIKO, S. PAPADOPOULOS, R. TORNERHJELM

Deadline: Call for proposals is open until 30th November 2009.

Please find the application form  HERE and send it to the following address:

Anders Wall Award

Friends of the Countryside

Rue de Trèves 67

BE - 1040 Brussels

Tel: + 32 (0)2 235 2004

Fax: + 32 (0) 2 400 7709

AND by email to forest@elo.org