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Biodiversity, Landscape

Ecological Compensation and Functional Biodiversity

Agroscope develops foundations for preserving biodiversity in agricultural environments and maintaining diverse agricultural landscapes. In addition, Agroscope examines how agroecosystems function and how agricultural crops and ecological compensation areas affect biodiversity.

Links

Research Platform « Flowering Habitats »

Ecological rice farming with flooded system

Agricultural Species and Habitats Monitoring Programme

URL for direct access

www.agroscope.ch/biodiversitaet

Publications

You’ll find publications on this topic here.

Agricultural Landscape

Using (among others) computer-assisted spatial analyses, Agroscope investigates how land use impacts the landscape.

Biodiversity Indicators

Computer-assisted methods and databases can be used to gauge the state of the Swiss agricultural landscape.

Latest News and Further Information

Biodiversität in der Agrarlandschaft: Erkenntnisse aus zehn Jahren Monitoring

Biodiversity in the Agricultural Landscape: Lessons from Ten Years of Monitoring

Agroscope has monitored the biodiversity of the Swiss agricultural landscape since 2015. Taken as a whole, the situation has not changed over this period. Individual improvements can be observed in the ecological focus areas in particular.

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Guided Tours of the Potato Collection in Arosa

Agrosope’s Alpine Garden in Maran above Arosa is home to a potato collection which includes over one hundred heritage varieties. Guided tours are available at BOTANICA'25, which runs from 14.6.–13.7.2025.

Gleisbegrünung

Targeted greening to control track-side vegetation

To reduce the use of herbicides to control track-side vegetation, the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) commissioned Agroscope and HEPIA to develop a low-growing plant mix for the track area.

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