31 October 2025
The 31 October, marks the end of SHOWCASE and with that, we wanted to send out one final edition of our newsletter. This last issue includes many legacy project outputs as well as recent news and achievements, such as:
The 'Farming with Biodiversity' Handbook;
SHOWCASE's final video with project coordinator Prof. David Kleijn on project...
31 October 2025
From tractors on the streets to floods and droughts devastating fields, the challenges facing European farmers have never been more visible or more urgent. Yet most of us rarely stop to think about the story behind our food. The new WWF and SHOWCASE podcast episode dives into this reality, exploring the complex connections between farming, food prices...
02 September 2025
It's been a hot minute since SHOWCASE's last newsletter, but September marks the sixth edition with various updates! We've had many project achievements and highlights, including but not limited to:
How the project contributes to environmental policy through EU CAP Network practice abstracts;
Numerous partners' involvement in meetings,...
22 August 2025
SHOWCASE PhD researcher Gabriella Bishop from Wageningen University has presented her thesis in a new short video, offering insights into how we can better conserve pollinators in agricultural landscapes. Her research explores both field-level interventions and landscape-scale strategies, showing how farmers and policymakers alike can play a role in...
21 August 2025
The July 2025 edition of CPM Magazine spotlights new research into regenerative agriculture, featuring both University of Leeds lecturer Dr. Ruth Wade and SHOWCASE lecturerDr. Millie Hood from the University of Reading. The article, “Researching regen approaches gaining speed”, reports on the Green Farm Collective Conference,...
27 June 2025
SHOWCASE has just completed a multi-lingual campaign on X to promote InsectsCount, a new app for monitoring pollinators. Run in English, German, Spanish, French, Swedish and Dutch, the campaign aimed to engage farmers, environmental groups and citizen scientists across Europe in tracking vital insects like bees, butterflies and hoverflies. These pollinators...
28 March 2025
The latest edition of Safeguard's newsletter is out, featuring SHOWCASE among its highlights! This edition covers key project achievements, relevant outputs and upcoming events.
SHOWCASE contributed with a recent study assessing how different farmland habitats—crop fields, road verges, and wildflower fields (WFFs)—support functional groups like pollinators...
24 March 2025
SHOWCASE partner Dr Ignasi Bartomeus recently co-authored an article in the prominent Spanish newspaper El País discussing the Natural Restoration Law and the importance of conserving biodiversity. As the article mentions, humanity is facing an unprecedented ecological crisis, with ecosystems rapidly degrading due to pollution, climate change...
08 January 2025
The SHOWCASE project has received prominent recognition by being featured in the European Research Council (ERC) and European Research Executive Agency (REA) publication, titled "Biodiversity: The Nexus Approach", which outlines “a selection of EU-funded research projects that deliver scientific knowledge, solutions and case studies on the connections...
30 December 2024
This past year marked another 12 months of successful collaborations and insightful outputs for SHOWCASE. Watch the video below to find out about the research developments, especially within the Experimental Biodiversity Areas, technological innovations and stakeholder events that the project was involved with over 2024.
27 December 2024
From everyone from SHOWCASE, we wish you a heart-felt 2024 holiday season and a successful start to the new year!
Let's continue making sustainable choices while creating synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
13 November 2024
In an effort to advance sustainable agriculture practices, LEAF have officially launched a public consultation on their assurance scheme, LEAF Marque aimed at refining its standards for sustainable farming. Stakeholders, including farmers, businesses and consumers, are encouraged to participate and share their insights on the proposed changes.
LEAF...