Publications

Guidelines

The guidelines 'Biodiversity Indicators for European Farming Systems' constitute the main outcome of the BioBio project. They consist of:

• A printed brochure with background information on the indicators:
  

• 23 factsheets on the individual indicators:

Indicators for genetic diversity

Breeds: Number and Amount of Differet Breeds. (PDF, 925 kB, 02.02.2022)

CultDiv: Cultivar Diversity (PDF, 738 kB, 02.02.2022)

CropOrig: Origin of Crops (PDF, 604 kB, 02.02.2022)

Species diversity indicators

Plants: Vascular Plants (PDF, 774 kB, 02.02.2022)

Bees: Wild Bees and Bumblebees (PDF, 630 kB, 02.02.2022)

Spiders: Spiders (PDF, 685 kB, 02.02.2022)

Earthworms: Earthworms (PDF, 856 kB, 02.02.2022)

Habitat indicators

Indicators capturing the composition of the farm habitats

HabRich: Habitat Richness (PDF, 929 kB, 02.02.2022)

HabDiv: Habitat Diversity (PDF, 632 kB, 02.02.2022)

PatchSize: Patch Size (PDF, 798 kB, 02.02.2022)

LinHab: Linear Habitats (PDF, 858 kB, 02.02.2022)

Indicators relating to specific habitat types

CropRich: Crop Richness (PDF, 793 kB, 02.02.2022)Number of crops cultivated on a farm. Crops considered are arable crops including forage and sown grassland, vegetables and tree crops

ShrubHab: Shrub Habitats (PDF, 674 kB, 02.02.2022)

TreeHab: Tree Habitats (PDF, 875 kB, 02.02.2022)Relates to fruit trees, ornamental trees, vines and pastured forest as well as to hedgerows and semi-natural woodland elements on Utilised Aricultural Area (UAA)

Normative indicator

SemiNat: Semi-natural Habitats (PDF, 1 MB, 02.02.2022)

Management related indicators

EnerIn: Total Direct and Indirect Energy Input (PDF, 418 kB, 02.02.2022)

IntExt: Intensification/Extensification: Expenditure on inputs (PDF, 500 kB, 02.02.2022)

MinFert: Area with Use of Mineral Nitrogen Fertiliser (PDF, 730 kB, 02.02.2022)

NitroIn: Nitrogen Input (PDF, 545 kB, 02.02.2022)

PestUse: Pesticide Use (PDF, 490 kB, 02.02.2022)

FieldOp: Field Operations (PDF, 570 kB, 02.02.2022)

AvStock: Average Stocking Rate (PDF, 687 kB, 02.02.2022)

Graze: Grazing Intensity (PDF, 625 kB, 02.02.2022)

• An extended summary of 20 pages in all 12 project languages:

Language selection

• english (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• arabic (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• bulgarian (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• dutch (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• french (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• german (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• hungarian (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• italian (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• norwegian (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• spanish (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• ukrainian (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)
• welsh (PDF, 2 MB, 02.02.2022)

Project Deliverables

WP 2: Conceptual foundations

Conceptual foundations for biodiversity indicator selection for organic and low-input farming systems (PDF, 3 MB, 02.02.2022)

Biodiversity in organic and low-input farming systems - Handbook for recording key indicators (PDF, 12 MB, 04.01.2022)

Report on the potential applicability of BIOBIO indicators beyond Europe - exemplified for three ICPC case study regions (Ukraine, Tunisia and Uganda) (PDF, 901 kB, 02.02.2022)

WP 3: Case studies

Delimitation of BIOBIO Case Study Regions and the Selection of Case Study Farms (PDF, 4 MB, 02.02.2022)

Assessement of Economic Benefits Linked to Organic and Low Input Farmland in 4 BIOBIO Case Study Areas (PDF, 1 MB, 02.02.2022)

Report on local stakeholder requirements regarding individual farming systems in CS (PDF, 935 kB, 02.02.2022)

WP 4: Data analysis and upscaling

Report on scientific analysis containing an assessment of performance of candidate farming and biodiversity indicators and an indication about the cost of indicator measurements (PDF, 10 MB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the suitability of continental scale indicators for reflecting biodiversity of organic/low input farming systems, proposition of a monitoring system at the continental scale (PDF, 949 kB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the final indicator set after stakeholder audit (PDF, 433 kB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the farmers perception of biodiversity indicators associated to organic and low-input farming systems (PDF, 1 MB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the applicability of BIOBIO indicators beyond Europe exemplified for three ICPC case study regions (Ukraine, Tunisia and Uganda). (PDF, 1 MB, 02.02.2022)

WP 5: Exploratory case studies in ICPC

Report on the stakeholder requirements in the three ICPC case study regions (Ukraine, Tunisia and Uganda) (PDF, 575 kB, 02.02.2022)

Conference session on biodiversity monitoring in organic/low-input farming systems in developing countries (PDF, 284 kB, 02.02.2022)

WP 6: Implementation and dissemination

WP 7: Stakeholder Advisory Board

Report on stakeholder requirements for biodiversity indicators for organic and low input farming systems (PDF, 1004 kB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the contribution of the stakeholders to the selection of the biodiversity indicators for organic and low input farming systems. (PDF, 628 kB, 02.02.2022)

Report on the contribution of the stakeholders to the selection of the biodiversity indicators for organic and low input farming systems (PDF, 921 kB, 02.02.2022)

Scientific publications

Assessing the costs of measuring biodiversity: methodological and empirical issues, Food Economics 
Targetti S., Viaggi D., Cuming D., Sarthou J. and Choisis J. P. 2012

Characterization and elements for a definition and an analysis of low input farming system in EU-27, 10th European IFSA symposium (PDF, 557 kB, 02.02.2022)P. Pointereau, J-L. Bochu and S. Doublet. 2012

Organic Farming Benefits Local Plant Diversity in Vineyard Farms Located in Intensive Agricultural Landscapes. Environmental Management (PDF, 293 kB, 02.02.2022)J. Nascimbene, L. Marini and M. G. Paoletti. 2012

Environmental Impact of Different Agricultural Management Practices: Conventional vs. Organic Agriculture Critical Reviews in: Plant Sciences, 30:95/124. (PDF, 368 kB, 02.02.2022)Tiziano Gomiero, David Pimentel and Maurizio G. Paoletti. 2011
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COMPETING PERCEPTIONS ON BIODIVERSITY AND ITS BENEFITS: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FOCUS GROUP STUDY. 9th International Conference of the ESEE, Istanbul, 2011 (PDF, 196 kB, 02.02.2022)E. Kelemen, K. Balázs, J.P. Choisis, N. Choisis, T. Gomiero, E. Kovács, G. Nguyen, M. Paoletti, L. Podmaniczky, J. Ryschawy, J.P. Sarthou. 2011

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