11 July 2022
In order to shed more light on the behind-the-scenes of research projects, SHOWCASE launched an open access collection in the Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal. Its goal is to illustrate the project’s work and development, hosting the full research cycle from its conceptualisation (the grant proposal), including progress made...
06 July 2022
In the last years, huge efforts have been made to conserve and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, thus countering the negative effects of field- and landscape-scale intensification. This is evidenced by the current UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration target to restore 30% of today’s degraded areas. Semi-natural grasslands are a particularly important...
04 July 2022
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, marked a momentous day for nature in Europe: the European Commission published its proposal for a new European Regulation on Nature Restoration. This pioneering law comes in response to the worsening condition of our ecosystems and the alarming loss of biodiversity across the World. Motivated by the ambitious European Green...
20 June 2022
When we talk about habitat richness, what variables affect the diversity of ecosystem types and which of those is most important? How do interactions among these variables influence habitat richness? An article titled “Diversity of European habitat types is correlated with geography more than climate and human pressure” was published in the...
15 June 2022
SHOWCASE joins 21 member organisations spread across Europe with a total of over 80 experts, many of which are Early Career Researchers (ECRs) To highlight and support the important work done by the project’s ECRs, SHOWCASE launched a new social media campaign.
The campaign briefly introduces different researchers, illustrating their research...
13 June 2022
On 8–9 June 2022 the fourth annual meeting of the Research Network on Economic Experiments for the Common Agricultural Policy (REECAP) took place in Uppsala. SHOWCASE team members Dipl.-Ing. Verena Scherfranz from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) and Kati Häfner from the Leibniz-Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research...
30 May 2022
A new article investigating novel research about the state of insects in the Netherlands was published by journalist Ronald Veldhuizen in the third largest Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. The article focuses on the work of SHOWCASE’s early career researchers Reinier de Vries and Michele Torresani, of the Dutch and Italian teams respectively, who are...
13 May 2022
On 12 and 13 May 2022, the Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland (AESI) held its conference at the National University of Ireland, Galway. This two-day conference discussed topics, such as the drivers of sustainability at farm level, climate-friendly agriculture and economic and social drivers of farm succession. During the conference, the University...
11 May 2022
How can the natural value of farmland be boosted so that it becomes attractive for insects and birds again, but without farmers feeling the pinch in their pockets? SHOWCASE’s coordinator, Prof David Kleijn reflects on this and more questions in a magazine issue on European research collaborations.
SHOWCASE’s coordinating institution, the Wageningen...
10 May 2022
SHOWCASE partners Dr Felix Herzog and Chiara Durrer met up with the Italian-speaking Swiss news outlet Radiotelevisione svizzera to discuss the synergies between biodiversity and economics.
According to a recent report by the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), the destruction of biodiversity threatens...
05 May 2022
On 13 April 2022 EU Horizon 2020 project LIAISON held a webinar on “Creating joint innovations in the agriculture, forestry, and food industries”. Bulgarian partners and external experts discussed the outcomes of the project and worked together to formulate a list of recommendations to ensure the successful implementation of the results in Bulgaria.
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03 May 2022
On Tuesday, 3rd of May 2022, SHOWCASE held its first mentor workshop for the project’s PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. The main goal of this workshop was to provide an informal forum for discussion between the project’s early career researchers and senior scientists. Such a discussion contributes to the knowledge exchange within SHOWCASE,...