Project number: 18.00.19.06.02

Principles and Measures for Achieving the Environmental Objectives for Agriculture with regard to Species and Habitats

The project’s focus lies on the promotion of target- and indicator species in farmed lowland wetlands. Suitable areas for this purpose are identified on a national map, and the current state of these species is evaluated. The promotion measures include new and better-adapted production systems, ecological compensation measures, and nature conservation.

Approaches rarely practised in Switzerland, such as e.g. wet rice production, or vegetable production on water surfaces, are tested in pilot trials. Reviews of the literature summarise the state of knowledge on the effects of waterlogged and/or drained soils on climate, water regime, and nutrient and pesticide inputs into surface water. This provides the basis for decisions on how to deal with such areas in future.

van der Meer M., Buholzer S.
Grüner Teppich – gezielte Begrünung von Banketten und Randbereichen im Schienennetz der SBB: Stakeholder Besuchstag 20.10.2021.
In: Grüner Teppich – Stakeholder Besuchstag. 20. Oktober, Publ. Agroscope, Cousset-Montagny. 2021, 1-16.

Jeanneret P., Lüscher G., Schneider M. K., Pointerau P., Herzog F., Arndorfer M., Bailey D., Balàzs K., Bàldi A., Choisis J-P., et al.
An increase in food production in Europe could dramatically affect farmland biodiversity.
Communications Earth & Environment, 2, (183), 2021, 1-8.

van der Meer M., Buholzer S.
Grüner Teppich – gezielte Begrünung von Banketten und Randbereichen im Schienennetz der SBB.
In: «Weniger Borstenhirse – mehr Biodiversität». 09. September, 6371 Stans, Amt für Landwirtschaft und der Fachstelle Natur- und Landschaftsschutz des Kantons Nidwalden. 2021, 1-14.

Herzog F., Fabian Y., Jacot-Ammann K., Kay S.
Mandelbäume und Nassreis als neue Nischenkulturen.
Hotspot, 43, 2021, 16-17.
other Languages: french

Monnerat C., Weiss E., Churko G., Fabian Y.
The dragonfly community in paddy fields in Switzerland (Odonata).
Libellula Supplement, 16, 2021, 201-228.
other Languages: german

Eckerter P.W., Albus L., Nataranjan S., Albrecht M., Ammann L., Gobet E., Herzog F., Tinner W., Entling M.H.
Using temporally resolved floral resource maps to explain bumblebee colony performance in agricultural landscapes.
Agronomy, 10, (12), 2020, 1-16.

Buholzer S., De Micheli A., Marazzi B., Nobis M., Rometsch S., Schmidt L., Schönenberger N.
Invasive Neophyten: Eindringlinge in der Landwirtschaft.
UFA-Revue, 10, 2020, 30-33.

Ekroos J., Kleijn D. , Batáry P., Albrecht M., Báldi A., Blüthgen N., Knop E., Kovács-Hostyánszki A., Smith H. G.
High land-use intensity in grasslands constrains wild bee species richness in Europe.
Biological Conservation, 241, (January), 2020, 1-8.

Guntern J., Walter T., Jeanneret P.
Landwirtschaftliche Einflussfaktoren auf Biodiversität und Ökosystemleistungen.
2018, 65 pp.

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