On the 26th of September 2024 the final event of the ECO²SCAPE project under the topic “Shaping the future: Co-design for more biodiversity in agricultural landscapes” took place at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig. The aim of the event was to present the project results and to exchange expertise with people …
A publication on carbon sequestration in agricultural soils has been produced as part of a master’s thesis: https://doi.org/10.3390/su151411128 (Schwengbeck et al. 2023). Lea Schwengbeck created four scenarios for sustainable land use for the model region ECO²SCAPE in northwest Saxony and modeled how the climate regulation of soils changes under the different scenarios and under the …
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ECO²SCAPE offers excursions to the biosphere reserves involved in the project to allow for the exchange between farmers. Last year, we went to the Saxon Biosphere Reserve Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft for a “peer-to-peer” exchange; in June 2023 we visited the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve in Mecklenburg Pomerania. There, the head of department Ms. Gebhard and …
On May 9 and 10, 2023, the FEdA conference “How do we get into transformation?” took place in Frankfurt/Main. Representatives of the chair actively participated: Dr. Lisanne Hölting presented a poster on “Co-design of measures for the conservation of biodiversity in cultural landscapes” and Dr. Nina Hagemann moderated the workshop “How do we create a …
On 24.03.2023 the second networking meeting between farmers and scientists within the ECO²SCAPE project took place. At the beginning, the results of the field work from 2022 were presented, comparing the species richness and diversity of flowering and fallow areas, as well as the first results of the bird mapping. Maria Kernecker then presented the …
On November 28 2022, the workshop “Success factors for implementing outcome-based measures to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture” brought together scientists, practitioners and representatives from associations in Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to discuss in a world café format i) financial factors, ii) monitoring and design, iii) advice and communication and iv) transfer aspects of outcome-based …
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The Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape Biosphere Reserve has been working with farmers for a long time to implement innovative measures to protect biodiversity in agriculture. On September 14, ECO²SCAPE therefore invited to a “peer2peer” event. The full-day excursion to the biosphere reserve served as a technical exchange between the farmers of our model …
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The jury of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration has assessed ECO²SCAPE as a particularly positive contribution to the conservation and restoration of ecosystems in the field of cultural and agricultural landscapes and biodiversity. Our project was therefore recognized as an “Outstanding Example of the UN Decade” in the UN Decade Project Competition on Ecosystems …
Working with farmers to halt the loss of biological diversity? Find out more on the practical implementation of the “co-design” approach in our new ECO²SCAPE publication: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12169. In this paper, we outline the importance of co-design in the context of farmland biodiversity conservation, which refers to the participatory design of conservation measures for a secific …
In the past weeks, Maria Kernecker conducted interviews with 15 farmers in the Vereinigte Mulde model region. The interviews serve to better understand the farmers’ motivation to implement biodiversity conservation measures. The interviews are now being transcribed in order to systematically evaluate the diverse responses.
