Budapest, 9 September 2026 โ Xhevat Lushi, Country Director of CNVP Kosovo, participated as a panelist in Session 6, โ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข-๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง,โ at the Joint 17th International LANDNET Workshop and Second Interregional Dialogue on Family Farming, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He was joined at the event by CNVP Kosovo colleague, Hajrush Kurtaj.
The LANDNET Workshop brings together land governance and land tenure experts, government representatives, researchers and civil society from Europe, Central Asia and other regions. This yearโs joint event focuses on land governance, family farming, access to land, land use and sustainable rural development, with participants from more than 50 countries.
During the session, Xhevat Lushi presented the situation of private forests in Kosovo, focusing on the challenges caused by fragmented forest ownership. Small and dispersed forest parcels make access more difficult, increase the cost of forest operations and make sustainable forest management and investment more challenging for individual forest owners.
Mr. Lushi highlighted that better land use and governance could help address some of these challenges by supporting improved access, cooperation among forest owners, joint planning and sustainable management, while respecting property rights and ensuring the active participation of landowners.
He also emphasized the close connection between forests, farming and rural livelihoods in Kosovo. Many rural families depend on both agricultural land and forests for food, fuelwood, non-wood forest products and income. A more integrated approach to land use and governance could therefore help reduce fragmentation, improve access and support more sustainable management of both agricultural and forest resources.
