Biodiversity

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11.11.21

Livestock-based food systems need to become more sustainable

The EU project PATHWAYS will develop sustainable food systems to support the European Union’s (EU)…

13.09.21

Little land, lots of biodiversity

Micro farms on the rise: The number of micro farms, holdings with an agricultural area of more than…

22.06.21

Flowers in the cabbage patch are good for beneficials

In order to support beneficial insects and control pests FiBL developed the idea of integrating…

28.04.20

Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe

The online platform Organic Farm Knowledge (www.organic-farmknoweldge.org) intends to promote…

01.12.19

Summer School on agrobiodiversity for locally adapted and resilient food systems

FiBL together with ZHAW - Universities of Applied Sciences Zurich, (Switzerland), University of…

04.09.18

Perennial flower strips - an effective measure against pests in fruit production

Pests can lead to yield losses and quality losses in organic fruit production. The pesticides…

15.04.16

Revised fact sheet on the importance of wild bees

Wild bees and other insects have a crucial role to play in the pollination of both wild plants and…

17.03.14

Wild bees underestimated – A new factsheet summarizes research results relevant to farming practices

Recent studies have shown that wild bees and other wild pollinators have a crucial role to play in…

23.10.13

Green fingers - Article on TILMAN-ORG in International Innovation

Recently the article "Green fingers" appeared in the magazine International Innovation, informing…

22.03.12

New study on no-till agriculture and its contribution to climate change mitigation and sustainability

FiBL authors recently completed a study that examined the state of research on climate impacts of…
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Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
ongoing	CH	Bridging ecological and socio-economic sciences to enhance our understanding of the interactions between managed and wild bees (BEENERGIA)	01.06.2025	30.05.2029
ongoing	DE CH	Farmer-focused Biodiversity and Agricultural Knowledge Network (FarmBioNet)	01.01.2025	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Biological control of White grubs	19.08.2024
ongoing	CH	Pilot trials "Functional biodiversity in brussels sprouts cultivation"	01.01.2024	31.12.2026
ongoing	CH	Agroforestry learning project	01.01.2024	31.12.2027
ongoing	CH	Valorising and balancing the ecosystem service benefits offered by legumes, and legume-based cropped systems (LegumES)	01.01.2024	31.01.2028
completed	CH	Development and optimization of new mixtures of temporary overwintering plant cover adapted to the different constraints and configurations of the vineyards of the canton of Vaud (Vaud-Couverts-Viti)	15.10.2022	15.10.2025
completed	FR	Towards agroforestry in fruit growing: multi-layer & syntropic systems for climate change resilience and water protection	01.01.2022	31.12.2022
completed	FR	Towards agroforestry in fruit growing: multi-layer & syntropic systems for climate change resilience and water protection	01.01.2022	31.12.2022
completed	CH	Biodiversity provides Pollination Security: Honeybees and Wild Bees in (Swiss) Agriculture (CompBees)	01.10.2021	30.06.2025
completed	CH	Development of innovative measures for herbicide-free ground cover in viticulture (CV-VigneSol)	01.01.2021	30.04.2025
ongoing	CH	Change in insect communities over time (Insektengemeinschaften im Wandel)	01.01.2021	31.12.2025
completed	CH	Role of crop diversification in livelihood improvement of Indian organic cotton growers	17.01.2020	31.10.2020
completed	AT	Nützlingsblühstreifen und Untersaaten regulieren Blattläuse in Leguminosen	01.05.2019	30.04.2022
completed	CH	Innovative flower strips for sustainable orchard production	01.01.2019	31.12.2022
completed	AT	Informationsoffensive für Biodiversitätsmaßnahmen	01.04.2018	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Use of functional agro-biodiversity to improve ecosystem services in vineyards	01.01.2018	31.12.2021
completed	CH	Managing soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in agroecosystems across Europe under climate change (SOILCLIM)	01.01.2017	31.12.2019
completed	CH	Wildbienenfördernde landwirtschaftliche Bewirtschaftung im Kanton Aargau (WildbiAG)	01.01.2017	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Analysis of wild bee diversity in different farm contexts and management regimes (Förderung Wildbienen und Bestäuber)	01.01.2015	31.12.2017
completed	CH	Biological control manufacturers in Europe develop novel biological control products to support the implementation of Integrated Pest Management in agriculture and forestry (BIOCOMES)	01.12.2013	30.11.2017
completed	CH	Assessment of Sustainable Provision of Goods and Services from Grassland-based Systems	01.06.2013	31.05.2014
completed	CH	Legumes and biodiversity: nature compatible concepts for growing protein crops	01.04.2013	30.06.2014
completed	CH	Inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and rhizobacteria (PGPR) for sustainable cropping systems in India (ISCB BFNet FiBL (Biofertilizer Network))	01.01.2008	31.12.2014
completed	CH	Enhancement of natural enemies in oilseed rape: Effects of landscape diversity and conservation biological control on rape pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus)	01.01.2007	31.12.2007
completed	CH	Wildtierfreundlicher Biolandbau: Natur schützen, Artenvielfalt fördern	01.01.2006	31.12.2010
completed	CH	Werkstatt ökologischer Ausgleich	01.01.2002	31.12.2004
completed	CH	Faunistischer Vergleich von Intensiv- und Extensivweiden	01.01.2001	31.12.2005
completed	CH	Förderung von ökologisch und landschaftlich bereichernden Säumen in Ackerbau- und gemischtwirtschaftlichen Regionen der Schweiz	01.01.2001	31.12.2004
completed	CH	Entwicklung eines Instrumentes zur Beurteilung ökologischer Leistungen von landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben (SPP-U)	01.01.2000	31.12.2001
completed	CH	Auswirkungen unterschiedlicher landwirtschaftlicher Praktiken auf die Regenwurmfauna	01.01.1999	31.12.2009
completed	CH	"Nationale Evaluation der Ökomassnahmen, Bereich Biodiversität" - Erfolgskontrolle des ökologischen Ausgleichs hinsichtlich Biodiversität	01.01.1997	31.12.2005

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Biodiversity

What FiBL is doing on this theme

News on the theme

Livestock-based food systems need to become more sustainable

Little land, lots of biodiversity

Flowers in the cabbage patch are good for beneficials

Organic Farm Knowledge - A unique resource with tools for farmers across Europe

Summer School on agrobiodiversity for locally adapted and resilient food systems

Perennial flower strips - an effective measure against pests in fruit production

Revised fact sheet on the importance of wild bees

Wild bees underestimated – A new factsheet summarizes research results relevant to farming practices

Green fingers - Article on TILMAN-ORG in International Innovation

New study on no-till agriculture and its contribution to climate change mitigation and sustainability

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