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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 »

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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

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INSECT – A Research Initiative on the Changes in the Insect Fauna of Switzerland

What is the state of insects in Switzerland? What changes have there been, and what has caused them? Researchers study these questions in the project ‘INSECT’.

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Project PestiRed: An Agro-ecological Approach to Reducing Pesticides in Field Crops

Plant-protection product use in field crops is meant to decrease by 75%. At the same time, yields must not fall by more than 10%.

(Only in DE)

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Almond Trees in Switzerland

Can growing almond trees be a new way forward for Swiss fruit growing? What is the potential here in terms of production and marketing? Answers to these questions are being provided by Agroscope researchers in partnership with representatives from practice and administration.

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