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The Scanian Landscape Foundation was established in 2004 by Region Skåne with the mission to protect, preserve, restore and develop natural and cultural environments as well as to stimulate active outdoor life, primarily within land areas owned by the foundation.

The public health perspective is particularly important to us. Research shows that people feel good staying in nature. Those who have a natural relationship with nature also usually feel a greater commitment to our environment. That's why we want to inspire more people to go out into the Scanian nature.

Our arena is 11,000 hectares of land and 19 recreation areas spread all over Skåne, where each has its own character. Closer to twenty percent is protected nature (nature reserve) such as Navröd nature reserve which is part of the Snogeholm range and Lillehem nature reserve. Parts of the land are owned by Stiftelsen Skånska Landskap, but we also manage the land of five other foundations. The land is used both for outdoor activities in our hiking areas and forestry.

Our business is divided into two main areas of activity - a so-called public benefit part relating to recreation and outdoor life, and a part relating to property management. Please read our public annual report 2023.

For the public benefit part, we have a mission and an annual grant from Region Skåne. The foundation also actively seeks funds from various sources and contributes when possible with the foundation's own capital.The assignment includes, among other things, maintaining, looking after and developing our walking areas, running and developing the Fulltofta Nature Centre, making nature accessible as well as running and developing our outdoor education with a particular focus on young people unfamiliar with nature. We will also coordinate the municipalities' work with the Skåneleden.

We will:

• make our walking areas attractive, known and accessible to everyone - regardless of interests, conditions, experiences and habits.

• inspire both nature lovers and those unfamiliar with nature to discover and visit Scanian nature.

• create the conditions for our visitors to have the best possible nature experience.

• spread knowledge about nature and arouse interest in the importance of nature for health and well-being as well as for the environment.

• look after own and managed lands so that biological diversity, different landscape types and important cultural environments are preserved and developed.

In all our recreation areas, there is a built-up infrastructure in the form of approximately 400 kilometres of marked hiking trails, riding trails and mtb trails, as well as information boards, toilets, barbecue areas, tables and benches, bird and viewing towers. Several trails are wheelchair friendly and eleven of our walking areas have accessible structures. In the areas there are also about 100 kilometres of Skåneleden, which are taken care of by us and the municipalities. In several walking areas there are properties such as the outdoor museum in Vitemölla, hostels in Klåveröd and cabins in Snogeholm that we rent or lease out. Our largest area is Fulltofta and here is the Fulltofta Nature Center with café, exhibition, conference facilities as well as organized activities and events.

Over the years, we have offered tens of thousands of young students various activities in the outdoor environment, including hiking. This has partly taken place with grants from Region Skåne, but also in collaboration with and on behalf of other actors.

The Scanian Landscape Foundation coordinates all work with trail management of the Skåneleden. Since 2011, Region Skåne has been the head of the division, with responsibility for development issues. The Skånska Landskap Foundation is responsible for the management of the trail and coordinates the work with municipal officials, a total of 31 municipalities are responsible for all maintenance. An agreement is made annually between Region Skåne and Stiftelsen Skånska Landskap, in which the foundation's mission is described.

As landowners, we have a responsibility to manage and develop our lands so that biological diversity and different landscape types are preserved and developed. We also want to care for, make visible and increase accessibility to places that are interesting to our visitors, both cultural and ancient monuments and valuable landscape environments. The biggest efforts are made in nature reserves, Natura 2000 areas and in our three areas that are part of the EU project SandLife (run by the County Administrative Board).

The Scanian Landscape Foundation is the landowner of roughly 2,300 hectares of forest, arable land and other land, which includes parts of the Fulltofta and Fulltofta Nature Centre. According to agreements with five other forest and leisure foundations, with connections to Region Skåne, we manage a further 8,400 hectares of land.

On the land, we conduct commercial activities (forestry). The forestry is certified through the two certification systems FSC® (FSC-C103394) and PEFC™ (PEFC/05-22-6) to give returns to the foundations, but also take into account the environment and social values. Through agreements, the foundations' lands are made available to the public. We also lease out areas for farming, fishing and hunting, and manage all the buildings on the land.In 2021, we developed proposals for a strategy for sustainable forestry.

We will:

look after own and managed lands so that biological diversity, different landscape types and important cultural environments are preserved and developed.

operate a forestry that takes into account the environment and social values, and where part of the yield is invested in natural and cultural environmental protection and development of our hiking areas.