Efficient and representative strategies
Unsustainable agricultural practices are the main factors affecting habitat and species diversity in the EU's agricultural landscapes. However, peatlands, grasslands, and species associated with agriculture are of greatest concern. The ongoing negative impacts of unsustainable farming practices highlight the need for a fully integrated approach between the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy.
Efficient and representative strategies are needed to monitor and visualize biodiversity loss or recovery over time, as no such results-based monitoring of change currently exists.
Objectives
As part of the BioMonitor4CAP project, affordable and reliable biodiversity monitoring systems and methods are being developed, evaluated, and tested for successful use on agricultural land and in EU-designated Natura 2000 sites. The project combines traditional biodiversity indicator systems with new technological approaches, including acoustic, optical, and molecular systems.
The goal is to provide recommendations for adapted management practices, strengthen biodiversity on farms internationally, and support the development of EU biodiversity policies.
Work packages
WP 1 will focus on analyzing the current state of the art in existing biodiversity indicators, monitoring systems, related measures and their likely policy adaptations, as well as establishing procedures and standards for data collection and management.
WP2 will design and develop methods, indicators, and metrics for effective in-situ biodiversity monitoring at farm scale. It will also develop predictive models to assess communities, their structure and conservation status.
WP 3 is in charge for the detailed conceptualisation and implementation of experimental and demonstration trials based on specific agronomic and nature conservation-related contexts. Proposed methods and tools will be tested and demonstrated.
Based on the data and measures of WP2 and WP3 it’s goal is to create a framework for agrobiodiversity enhancing measures with the rural stakeholders and to assess regional socio-economic impacts and potential tradeoffs of implementation regarding developed agrobiodiversity measures from the rural stakeholders’ perspective.
WP5 will ensure that BioMonitor4CAP results are implemented through international, European and national networks and are replicable in terms of methods, technologies and solutions.
WP6 will ensure the knowledge transfer and share research and development outputs to all involved stakeholder groups and a wider audience.
WP7 will maintain a professional and efficient coordination of legal, ethical, financial, and administrative management of the BioMonitor4CAP project.
This work package sets out the 'ethics requirements' that the project will comply with.