Work on Conserving by Using

Gathering fungi and cloud-berries in Sweden

Definition of a common European analytical framework for the development of local agri-environmental programmes for biodiversity and landscape conservation (AEMBAC) in European Commission FP-5;
Feasibility Study for The Establishment of a Large Carnivore Centre at Zarnesti, Romania, funded by Nando Peretti Foundation, Rome;
Status reports on Baltic Sea Fisheries Management and Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries Management;
Reports:Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Landscape in the Farmed Countryside (for Council of Europe in 2002);
Completion of Guidelines for Sustainable Hunting in Europe in 2006;
Use Nationally of Wildlife Resources in Europe in FP-6 was part of Governance and Ecosystem Management for Conservation of Biodiversity (2006-8);
The FP-7 project to design a Transactional Environmental Support System in 2008-11, with content and 23 languages for the portal at www.naturalliance.eu which is one outcome of that EC “success story”;
In 2013, designing a system for UNEP Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species to conserve Saker Falcons through use in traditional falconry;
In 2014-16, managing the development of a Portal Enhancing Trust to encourage practitioners to work with other conservation interests to benefit Sakers.
In 2017, ESUG created and launched the potential network Perdixnet for IAF.
in 2019 we worked with IUCN-SUME to launch a global Naturalliance network
In 2023 we became Coordination for the HORIZON project Pro-Coast

Members also played an important role in developing CBD's Addis Ababa Principles and Guidelines for Sustainable Use, and the major role in development of the Charter on Hunting and Biodiversity adopted by Council of Europe Bern Convention in 2007 (and available with an introduction by the Convention Chair), of the Charter on Recreational Fishing and Biodiversity in 2010 and of the Charter on Fungi-gathering and Biodiversity in 2013, including the European Code of Conduct for Gathering Fungi. See also a brief summary of how we developed these European Charters.

As a practical tool for sign-posting local clubs and communities to best practise examples and tools for conservation through their use of ecosystem services, the group's Country Coordinators are working with SUME to help run multilingual governance tools Naturalliance and the System for Community Liaison (SYCL).