Institut für Biologischen Pflanzenschutz
Intensive agriculture is considered as a major cause of the decline of insect diversity and biomass in Germany. Within the frame of the national action programme for the conservation of insects, FInAL will therefore establish Landscape Laboratories in representative agricultural landscapes of Germany where we will develop, demonstrate and evaluate innovative measures for facilitating insects through integrated cultivation of renewable resources in a landscape context. In doing so, FInAL focuses on using transdisciplinary methods to develop regionally adapted and participatory solutions solutions that take into account the needs of both the stakeholders and the insects. and insects and to enable a joint learning of all actors involved in the transformation process (co-learning). (co-learning). With the knowledge and experience gained within the landscape laboratories, general recommendations will be derived on how to transformations can be effectively initiated and implemented in other agricultural areas. Agricultural systems will be established in the landscape laboratories, which will be monitored over the expected transformation phase(s) and compared with unaffected agricultural systems. are compared. The landscape laboratories, i.e., landscape sections where measures to insect promotion are established, will be compared in terms of baseline situation, use options and the effects of the measures on various features, especially in relation to the occurrence of of certain insect groups and their functionality (e.g. in integrated pest management). In this subproject, hoverfly populations are considered as indicator organisms.
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
