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BioMonitor4CAP is a research project aiming to develop advanced biodiversity monitoring to show which agricultural practices and policies work best at conserving farmland biodiversity. New, advanced methods of biodiversity monitoring need to be developed in order to implement a results-oriented policy in European agricultural landscapes for the protection of biodiversity. Twenty partner organizations from 10 European countries and Peru participate in this project funded through the Horizon Europe research and innovation program. Funded by the European Union.
Agriculture covers around half of the European terrestrial land surface, and intensive agricultural land-use is one of the major drivers affecting habitat and species diversity in agricultural landscapes. The EU 2030 Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies aim to halt biodiversity loss while ensuring human well-being. Yet, it is unclear if and how these strategies will be efficiently implemented, as there is currently no results-based monitoring of progress.
More efficient and representative strategies are required to monitor biodiversity and its loss or recuperation through space and time.
The BioMonitor4CAP project will test, validate and develop affordable and reliable biodiversity monitoring systems that work both on farmland and in Natura 2000 sites by combining classical biodiversity indicator systems with technology-driven approaches such as acoustic, optical or molecular approaches. The project will develop predictive response models to recommend appropriate changes in land management to improve on-farm biodiversity. “Such biodiversity monitoring systems are needed to implement result-based policies in European agricultural landscapes”, say Prof. Christoph Scherber, coordinator of the BioMonitor4CAP project and head of Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring (zbm) at Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change (LIB) and Dr. Nils Borchard, Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG).
In mid-December 2022, all project partners met for the BioMonitor4CAP kick-off meeting in LIB Museum Koenig Bonn. The team pointed out expectations and deadlines in order to manage the most productive methods possible. Within this project, LIB will share its expertise especially to carry out the faunistic evaluation and to investigate the effects of agricultural management especially on bird and insect diversity. “The implementation of newly developed biodiversity monitoring systems supports results-oriented policy guidance and decision-making in European agricultural landscapes," adds Scherber.
The project will involve multiple stakeholder groups to ensure successful implementation of newly developed biodiversity monitoring systems.
About the LIB
The LIB is dedicated to researching biodiversity and its changes, the results of which are disseminated to the wider society in an educational manner. In order to better understand the current mass extinction of flora and fauna, researchers are looking for connections and causes of – often – man-made changes. The goal is to develop solutions for the preservation of ecosystems and species in order to maintain the basis of current life.
About the Leibniz-Association
The Leibniz Association combines 96 independent research institutes. Their focus ranges from the natural, engineering, and environmental sciences to the humanities and the business, space, and social sciences. The Leibniz institutes focus on relevant social, economic, and ecological issues. They perform knowledge-oriented and applied research (also among the cross-disciplinary Leibniz research alliances), are or support scientific infrastructures, and offer research-based services.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber
Leibniz-Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig Bonn
Head of Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring (zbm)
Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm)
Tel: +49 228 9122-450
c.scherber@leibniz-lib.de
In mid-December 2022, all project partners met for the BioMonitor4CAP kick-off meeting in Bonn.
Photographer: Laura Soulbieu
Copyright: © Laura Soulbieu
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