Background
Unsustainable agricultural practices are major drivers affecting habitat and species diversity in agricultural landscapes of the EU. For enhancing biodiversity of agricultural landscapes advanced systems are required to monitor biodiversity features and their changes.
The BioMonitor4CAP project will
- design advanced biodiversity monitoring systems
- mainly assessing diversity of targeted species and habitats
- to be tested, calibrated, and demonstrated
- in five European regions representing the major agro-ecological regions of the EU
- and one region in Peru representing one of the global biodiversity hot spots.
The project will combine classical biodiversity indicator systems with new technological approaches, including acoustic, optical and molecular systems.
Objectives
The ultimate goal of BioMonitor4CAP is to assess, develop, test, validate, and support implementation of effective, affordable, and reliable methods, tools, and technologies to monitor biodiversity of agricultural areas or farmland.
These developed technologies will support farmers to quickly, easily and reliably collect biodiversity data on their fields and, if necessary, initiate measures to improve biodiversity.
- data collection to provide overall information on methods and tools currently used to monitor farmland biodiversity, related indicators, policies, and rural development programs
- development of indicator systems and predictive biodiversity response models to evaluate impact of agricultural practices on farmland biodiversity.
- test, validate, and demonstrate biodiversity monitoring and indicator systems
- involvement of all relevant stakeholders to meet their expectations
- exploiting pathways for implementation of new technologies on farm level
- communication and knowledge transfer among various actors
The project in brief
23
partner organisations
10
european countries and Peru
Coordination:
Leibniz Institute for Biodiversity Change Analysis
Role of DLG:
responsible for setting up trial and demonstration fields as well as providing technical support as well as lead in communication and dissemination
Start:
1st December 2022
End:
30th November 2026
HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-06
Project number: 101081964
