Imagine the countryside as a giant puzzle where some pieces—the homes for bees and butterflies—have gone missing. This work helps farmers and governments put those pieces back by testing which plants and land-use changes actually bring the bugs back. It's like a giant outdoor laboratory across Europe to find the best recipes for nature-friendly farming.
Agricultural intensification has destroyed pollinator habitats, leading to a decline in wild pollinators. This threatens crop yields and the long-term stability of the food value chain.
A network of 17 Living Labs and standardized protocols for monitoring pollinator and vegetation success in case-study areas.
If you are a seed provider dealing with declining crop yields due to lack of bees — this project developed new business models and restoration tools that improve pollination services. This helps ensure more stable crop production for your clients.
If you are a food processor dealing with supply chain instability caused by biodiversity loss — this project developed a network of 17 Living Labs to test best practices for nature restoration. This allows you to implement verified pollinator-friendly sourcing standards.
If you are a consultancy dealing with complex land-management requests — this project developed standardized protocols for case-study areas. You can use these tools to provide data-backed restoration advice to land managers.
Based on available project data, specific pricing or cost structures for the tools are not provided, as the project focuses on co-designing business models.
Yes, the project tests measures at multiple scales, including field, farm, landscape, and European levels, using a network of 17 Living Labs.
Based on available project data, the project emphasizes open access to newly generated data and tools to enable researchers and users to compare benefits.
The project aims to support the development of pollinator-friendly policies and market conditions through tested, transferable tools.
The project runs from 2023-10-01 to 2027-09-30, with monitoring already conducted in 13 case study areas in summer 2024.
The consortium is heavily research-driven with 15 universities and 6 research institutes, but it maintains a practical edge with 3 industry partners and 9 other organizations (including NGOs and ministries) across 16 countries. The 9% industry ratio suggests the project is currently in the validation phase, moving from academic theory to field testing via the Living Lab network.
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