Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT
Intensive agricultural land use is one of the major drivers negatively affecting habitat and biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Two EU strategies, "Biodiversity 2030" and "From Producer to Consumer", aim to halt biodiversity loss while ensuring human well-being. Efficient and reliable biodiversity monitoring strategies are required to monitor the implementation and progress of these initiatives.
The goal of the BioMonitor4CAP research project is to develop advanced biodiversity monitoring for agriculture to show which agricultural practices and strategies work best at conserving farmland biodiversity. The project will test, validate, and develop various biodiversity monitoring systems. Thus, the project will for the first time combine classical biodiversity indicator systems with technology-based acoustic, optical or molecular approaches to develop, validate and demonstrate holistic approaches for systematic and near-continuous monitoring of in situ biodiversity of agricultural areas. These monitoring systems will then be used on agricultural land as well as in European “Natura 2000” nature reserves.