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Thierry de l’Escaille joins the ranks of ambassadors at the “One With Nature” World of Hunting and Nature Exhibition.
The Belgian expert has been Secretary General of the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) since 1994, and he is committed to private conservation programmes that promote sustainable agriculture. He believes that hunters and landowners play a very important role in habitat restoration.
He is founder of the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (FFA) and of the Wildlife Estate Label network. Since 1998, he is also Secretary General of the Friends of the Countryside (FCS), and member of different committees. He is deeply committed in private conservation such as in reasonable agriculture and is a member of the Agricultural Reform Group. He was the founder of Agriland in 1985; CEO and currently president of the Agriland Group. He is board member of various agroindustry or financial companies active in Europe, Latin-America and Africa, and chairman of various funds.
The agricultural professional believes that one of the main tasks of the World Exhibition is to raise awareness of the role of various actors in conservation, the people who live in the countryside: landowners, farmers, hunters, foresters, and all the other people who live and are active in the countryside.
“Hunters are committed to maintaining order in nature”, he says, adding that “They organize waste removal and anti-poaching campaigns, as well as bird and game population surveys. They also prevent the potentially harmful overpopulation of certain game species. For example, in the region where I live, ten years ago there were no wild boars; but today they are present in large populations, causing many problems for agriculture. The role of hunters is crucial. If they control the wild boar population effectively they can, for example, prevent the spread of diseases such as African swine fever.”
The European Landowners' Organization (ELO) and the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) are holding a joint workshop at the World Exhibition. For more information on the event: Protecting small fauna in fields and meadows: Best practices and management efforts in Europe
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“As a forum created for nature conservation and hunting, the “One with Nature” Expo achieved internationally significant results, and accordingly the work we have begun is worth continuing from a professional perspective, but also from a social, foreign policy and national image perspective alike”, Mr. Kovács emphasised in Riga.
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