31 October 2025
A new SHOWCASE paper, written by project partner Wageningen University, investigates how land-use intensity shapes arthropod communities in Dutch grasslands. Arthropods, which are vital for pollination, nutrient cycling and overall ecosystem health, have declined dramatically in recent decades, largely due to agricultural intensification and...
30 October 2025
SHOWCASE has released its final video, featuring an in-depth interview with project coordinator Professor David Kleijn from Wageningen University. The video highlights the project’s key findings and its impact on research, farmers and biodiversity-friendly farming across Europe.
Confirming the benefits of biodiversity on farms
Professor Kleijn...
30 October 2025
SHOWCASE has just released a new factsheet titled “Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring Through Citizen Science", underscoring how farmers and local communities can play a vital role in safeguarding biodiversity while maintaining productive and sustainable agriculture. The factsheet is based on a SHOWCASE paper, authored by partners Swedish University of...
24 October 2025
SHOWCASE's third and most recent policy brief sheds light on how Europe can more effectively promote biodiversity-friendly farming practices (BFFM) and what drives or hinders farmers’ willingness to adopt them.
Authored by project partners BOKU and ZALF, the brief draws on research conducted across ten European countries, analysing the social, economic...
22 October 2025
A new SHOWCASE policy brief highlights that reversing the alarming decline of pollinators in Europe will require expanding natural habitats well beyond current EU targets. The brief, authored by partners Wageningen University, Agroscope, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, CSIC, University of Reading, Dutch Butterfly Conservation and University...
21 October 2025
A recent SHOWCASE study, carried out by partners from BOKU, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, the Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Wageningen University (WUR) and the University of Reading, explores how farmers across Europe perceive the financial and non-financial costs of biodiversity measures within agri-environmental...
02 October 2025
This pan-European SHOWCASE paper, authored by partners ZALF, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Agroscope, Wageningen University, CNRS, Reading University, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Centre for Ecological Research and CSIC, explores how biodiversity...
01 October 2025
This press release was published by AlphaGalileo.
Bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and other pollinators are essential for both ecosystems and agriculture, yet their numbers are declining at an alarming rate. A new study, led by researchers from Wageningen University & Research and published in Science on 25 September 2025, shows that...
24 September 2025
A recent Estonian blogpost featured the Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), a SHOWCASE partner, and junior researcher Aki Kadulin who contributed to two new European studies revealing that farmers’ decisions to conserve biodiversity depend strongly on their personal values, perceived costs and social context. The same support measure may...
15 September 2025
In this interview, PhD researcher Reinier de Vries from Wageningen University shares insights from his research on the trade-offs between biodiversity, ecosystem services and farmer income in European grassland systems.
He explains:
Why biodiversity-friendly farming in grasslands is urgent
The balance between productivity, fertilization...
15 September 2025
In this interview, Associate Professor Erik Öckinger from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences explains why monitoring farmland biodiversity is important and how citizen science can play a key role.
He discusses:
Why biodiversity monitoring matters
How citizen scientists and volunteers contribute
Different...
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,...