Quantification of ecological services for sustainable agriculture (QUESSA)
Laufzeit: ab 01.04.2013
Partner: Game &Wildlife Conservation Trust, UK (Coordinator) Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station, CH Wageningen University, NL Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, IT Szent Istvan University, HU Bordeaux Sciences Agro, FR Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, IT University of Exeter, UK SOLAGRO, FR Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek, NL Estonian University of Life Sciences, EE University of Pisa, IT Environmental Social Science Research Group, HU
Förderung durch: EU-Project (Theme KBBE.2012.1.2-02)
Kurzfassung
Nature can provide a multitude of hidden benefits to humans such as control of crop pests by their natural enemies, crop pollination and prevention of soil erosion that keeps rivers clean. These are known as ecological services and are worth billions of euros every year in each European country. The QUESSA project aims to quantify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH) providing these essential ecological services (ES) across economically important cropping systems, farming intensities and four...Nature can provide a multitude of hidden benefits to humans such as control of crop pests by their natural enemies, crop pollination and prevention of soil erosion that keeps rivers clean. These are known as ecological services and are worth billions of euros every year in each European country. The QUESSA project aims to quantify the key semi-natural habitats (SNH) providing these essential ecological services (ES) across economically important cropping systems, farming intensities and four European agro-climatic zones. » weiterlesen» einklappen
