On 15 March 2016 WWF Romania, Adept Foundation and Propark Foundation have organised an international conference promoting the concept of High Nature Value Farmland, successfully introduced in Romania, where 30% of agricultural land may be considered as such. High Nature Value farmlands (HNV) are individual farms or farmed landscapes comprised of many farms that carry out farming in balance with nature, which is beneficial for both farm sustainability and ecological conservation.

The event which marks the closure of the Project „Rural Development and High Nature Value Farmland in Romania” funded through a Swiss grant  of CHF1’129’644.- was opened by Achim Irimescu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Jean-Hubert Lebet, Ambassador of Switzerland to Romania. This project is part of the Thematic Fund Civil Society of the Swiss Romanian Cooperation Programme to reduce economic and social disparities within the enlarged European Union.

On this occasion, specialists from several domains, farmers and local authorities debated the possibilities of preserving and boosting the social, economic and environmental values of the most important HNV farmed landscapes in Europe.