Restoring Ukraine’s degraded and damaged agricultural landscapes requires technological solutions alongside modern approaches to land resource management, biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation.
This is the focus of EU-LANDLINK.
The Jean Monnet Module will help participants understand how the European Union’s environmental and land policies are developed, implemented and monitored, which instruments the EU uses, what roles different stakeholders play, and how European governance approaches can be adapted to the practical challenges of restoring Ukraine’s agricultural landscapes.
A distinctive feature of EU-LANDLINK is its integration of European Studies with practical agroforestry issues. The project explores EU policies and their practical application to sustainable land use, protective forest plantations, forestry, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation and the restoration of degraded land.
The project is designed for a broad audience. Training and other activities will be accessible to students and researchers, as well as farmers and representatives of local communities, civil society organisations, the forestry sector and environmental inspectorates. This will establish a direct link between academic knowledge and practical solutions.
In their final evaluation report, European Commission experts specifically noted the project’s strong connection to European Studies and its focus on European environmental governance policies and their practical implementation in agroforestry-based restoration. In the experts’ view, the Ukrainian context makes the project particularly relevant to European integration and public diplomacy.
EU-LANDLINK aims to translate knowledge of European Union policies into the practical competencies needed for the sustainable restoration of Ukraine’s land.
