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The project is funded by WWF Netherlands and is jointly managed by WWF’s European team leaders for forests, freshwater, and agriculture and rural development.

OEMN Results: Businesses are making revenues. Local workers and farmers have new jobs and incomes. Local and regional governments are cooperating. Local economies are slowly being diversified and made more resilient to external drivers of change. And there is more nature, including quality natural products, restored habitats, protected species and secure environmental services.

One Europe, More Nature: business and nature in Europe

Latest News & Publications

One of the 15 beavers released at Tiszatarján.

11 Nov 2008
Beavers come home as new landscape takes shape in Hungary
On 31 October 2008, 15 beavers were released into the wild at the OEMN project site in Tiszatarján, eastern Hungary. The event marked the final chapter of a long-standing cooperation between WWF-Hungary, OBI and German NGO Bund Naturschutz in Bayern, which brought the beavers from Bavaria for release into the rapidly-changing wetlands of the Tisza floodplains. » Read more

New natural winter home for Maramures cows almost complete

16 Oct 2008
Cows prepared for a long, hard winter in OEMN Maramures
Work is almost complete on the winter shelter for nature-conserving cows, built by OEMN partners high up on the Maramures plateau above Baia Mare. This means that for the first time, the semi-wild herd will be able to spend the winter in natural conditions rather than boxed into sheds down in the nearby villages. » Read more

Taking the BIG JUMP into the Tisza River

15 Jul 2008
Swimmers and water buffalos unite in Hungary
For the first time, Hungary joined other Europeans in their annual river-loving BIG JUMP event. A new herd of water buffalos was also on hand to show their appreciation for grass and wetlands. » Read more

OEMN Mission

WWF’s One Europe More Nature (OEMN) project uses an innovative approach to forge unusual partnerships so that business and nature can co-exist. Its mechanisms lead to win-win solutions for all, allowing Europe’s rural workers to make incomes from the countryside while protecting nature. OEMN, tested at many pilot rural locations throughout Europe, is now mainstreaming conservation into everyday European business life.

Contact

Charlie Avis
(Project Leader: One Europe More Nature)
WWF Hungary,
Budapest

T: +36 30 4144454