Katrin Tambet

My task in the Landscape Biodiversity Group is to make sure that collaboration between our partners of the LIFE IP project ForEst&FarmLand is frictionless, project goals are met, documented and communicated. I graduated from the University of Tartu with a degree in Estonian language and literature, and have spent the majority of my career working in higher education, including 13 years leading the study department at the University of Tarty Culture Academy. Since personal interests brought me to agriculture – my family operates an organic sheep farm – I have also been the head of the Estonian Sheep and Goat Breeders Association and led the education arm of The Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce.

I approach agriculture with the principle that nature is holistic, and to achieve long term success it is crucial to operate by disturbing nature as little as possible. Regenerative agriculture is a way of producing food that can be achieved step by step and by relying on knowledge. I am excited that the working group brings together scientists and producers to find sustainable solutions to maintain biodiversity within agricultural landscapes, and to identify farming practices that support both the environment and productivity within Estonian ecological conditions.