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Vlaamse Landmaatschappij Flemish Land Agency Joint investment in open space

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Joint investment in open space OUR MISSION

 Open space = rural areas in Flanders  Your partner = on demand of our part ners  Keep the countryside alive

in a sustainable way

 Planning and managing open space  Protect the environment

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The Flemish Land Agency (VLM) HISTORY

1935

THE NATIONAL LAND AGENCY OF S MALL LAND PROPERTY NMKL TASKS

 Provide social accommodation  Improve agricultural structures  Land consolidation (1956)

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The Flemish Land Agency (VLM) HISTORY

21/12/1988 VLAAMS

E LANDMAATS CHAPPIJ (FLEMIS H LAND AGENCY)

MISSIONS  Land consolidation  Rural Land development (1988)  The Manure Bank (1991)  Nature Development (1998)  Management agreements (1998)  Rural development (1999)  Landbank (2004)

VLM

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The Flemish Land Agency TODAY

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Flemish Government

Minister of Environment Department of Environment, Nature and Land-Use Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) Flemish Water Supply Agency (VMW) … Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Flemish Government Institut ions Flemish Land Agency (VLM) Central Direct orate Brussels Provincial Divisions

VLM within the Flemish Government

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Organisation

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 17 members BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1 Central Directorate located in Brussels 5 Provincial Divisions Bruges, Ghent, Herentals, Leuven, Hasselt General administrator

ir. Toon Denys

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Staff

 800 Persons 800

 Engineers  Biologists  Experts in spatial planning  Experts in environmental and agricultural issues  Geographers  Technical staff  Administrative staff ...

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Our core activities

1. Land development
2. Rural development
3. Agri-environmental agreements
4. Landbanking and flanking measures
5. Nutrient management

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1. LAND DEVELOPMENT

Quality open space, planning and management

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Quality open space, planning and management

 Planning: VLM expertise  Work on demand: measured to the demand of the partners  Using the appropriate instrument with respect for t he

identity of the area

 1.1 Land development  1.2 Land consolidation  1.3 Land development for nature

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1.1 Land development

The central concept of a land development proj ect :

INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE

The critical success factors of a proj ect:

LAND PARTICIPATION buying and expropriating Re-allotment and land banking

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Example: Landscapepark “ Green Fields” – former situation

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Old parcelstructure

Preliminary design – concept (March 5, 2003 – VLM)

Pathwaystructure:Goose-foot Pathway structure: twisting dike

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Landscape park “ Green Fields” – current situation

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1.2 Land consolidation

Land Consolidation in Flanders

Preparat ion stage Finished ‘ new st yle’ Finished ‘ old st yle’ Implementation S tage

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1.2 Land consolidation

Example: Land Consolidation proj ect S int-Gillis-Waas

Before After

Re-allotment plan

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Water management: water basin Recreational infrastucture Landscaping Waterpurification: reed land Nature conservation Construction of cycling paths Reconstruction of rural roads

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1.3 Land development for nature

Example: Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen (during the works)

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Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen – current situation

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Rural development

2. RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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Rural development

 Head office:

 Coordination of rural development policy  Policy Input related to rural problems ex. Mobility

 Provincial division:

 Regional-oriented proj ects  Enhancement of viability  Regional branding  Bottom-up approach  Quick win proj ects

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Rural areas: attractive to work

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Rural areas to live

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Rural areas to recreate

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3. AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

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Agri-environmental agreements

 Contracts between farmers and the Flemish government,

through which farmers commit to make extra efforts for the improvement of nature and landscape

 Advice and administrative help by VLM-farm planners  Agricultural nature conservation

Agri-environmental agreements focussed on: erosion control, hamster prot ection, const ruction and maintenance of ponds, meadow bird management, …

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Wood elements Hedgerow in springtime Pond Hedge

S mall landscape elements

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Creation hedgerow in combination with a buffer strip

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Field information for farmers

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Erosion management: example

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Erosion management: example

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Erosion management + nature buffer strips

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4. LANDBANKING AND FLANKING MEASURES

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4.1 Landbanking

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 At the service of other public services  Landbanks

 Offer replacing cultivated land  Give a bonus for enterprise relocation  Purchase land with incentives  Give incentives to lease out land  Involve farmers for the maintenance of the land  Give one year’ s leases

4.1 Landbanking

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4.2 Flanking measures

Example: Harbour of Ghent

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4.2 Flanking measures

 Minimising the impact of large

infrastruct ural works on open space

 VLM offers flanking measures on

demand of the part ners

 Agricultural impact assessments

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4.2 Flanking measures

 Agricultural Impact Assessment (AIA)

 Investigate the effects on agriculture  Map the impact of a proj ect  Make suggestions for adj ustments

 Decree integrated water policy offers a compensation for

the loss of use in a beaconed flood plain

 Decree grounds and propertypolicy gives a compensation

for the loss of capital and use (green spatial execution plan)

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5. Nutrient management

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Nutrient management

 Enforcing t he correct implementation of the nitrate

direct ive, whose obj ective is t o reduce wat er pollution caused or induced by nitrates from agricultural sources.

 Reducing manure surpluses  S

timulating manure processing

 Counselling and sensitising farmers  In a later stage monitoring  As a last step,sanctioning if necessary

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More information

 roland.vancauwenberghe@

vlm.be

 els.seghers@

vlm.be

 phone 0032 9 244 85 00  fax 0032 9 244 85 99