Aligning farming interests, scientific knowledge, and policy initiatives to promote biodiversity restoration in European agricultural landscapes
Agricultural landscapes are being asked to do more than ever: produce food, remain viable, adapt to climate pressure and recover the biodiversity that supports their long-term resilience.
FIREFLIES explores how biodiversity restoration can become part of real farm decision-making: practical in the field, meaningful for landscapes and useful for the policies that will shape Europe’s agricultural future.
Crops, labour, machinery, water, soil, inputs, yields, markets, subsidies, risks, family planning and long-term land management are all connected. Biodiversity restoration can only move forward when this complexity is understood.
Across its five demo regions, FIREFLIES listens to this complexity through farmers, local actors and the living signals of each landscape.
The project combines field knowledge, biodiversity baselines and monitoring technologies to co-design restoration measures, assess their ecological, agronomic and economic effects, and identify the support farmers need to make biodiversity-friendly practices easier to adopt.
often through systems that have simplified landscapes and reduced the ecological functions that support farming over time.
Pollinators, soil organisms, birds, natural enemies, vegetation, water flows and landscape features are part of the living infrastructure of agriculture. They help regulate pests, support soil fertility, retain water, sustain pollination and strengthen the capacity of farms to adapt.
Strengthening this living ecosystem means bringing biodiversity back into the way agricultural landscapes are managed. For this to happen at scale, restoration needs practical pathways: tested in the field, co-designed with farmers, supported by evidence and connected to better incentives and policies.Crops, labour, machinery, water, soil, inputs, yields, markets, subsidies, risks, family planning and long-term land management are all connected. Biodiversity restoration can only move forward when this complexity is understood.
Across its five demo regions, FIREFLIES listens to this complexity through farmers, local actors and the living signals of each landscape.
The project combines field knowledge, biodiversity baselines and monitoring technologies to co-design restoration measures, assess their ecological, agronomic and economic effects, and identify the support farmers need to make biodiversity-friendly practices easier to adopt.often through systems that have simplified landscapes and reduced the ecological functions that support farming over time.
Pollinators, soil organisms, birds, natural enemies, vegetation, water flows and landscape features are part of the living infrastructure of agriculture. They help regulate pests, support soil fertility, retain water, sustain pollination and strengthen the capacity of farms to adapt.
Strengthening this living ecosystem means bringing biodiversity back into the way agricultural landscapes are managed. For this to happen at scale, restoration needs practical pathways: tested in the field, co-designed with farmers, supported by evidence and connected to better incentives and policies.Crops, labour, machinery, water, soil, inputs, yields, markets, subsidies, risks, family planning and long-term land management are all connected. Biodiversity restoration can only move forward when this complexity is understood.
Across its five demo regions, FIREFLIES listens to this complexity through farmers, local actors and the living signals of each landscape.
The project combines field knowledge, biodiversity baselines and monitoring technologies to co-design restoration measures, assess their ecological, agronomic and economic effects, and identify the support farmers need to make biodiversity-friendly practices easier to adopt.often through systems that have simplified landscapes and reduced the ecological functions that support farming over time.
Pollinators, soil organisms, birds, natural enemies, vegetation, water flows and landscape features are part of the living infrastructure of agriculture. They help regulate pests, support soil fertility, retain water, sustain pollination and strengthen the capacity of farms to adapt.
Strengthening this living ecosystem means bringing biodiversity back into the way agricultural landscapes are managed. For this to happen at scale, restoration needs practical pathways: tested in the field, co-designed with farmers, supported by evidence and connected to better incentives and policies.farming systems, biodiversity baselines, degradation pressures and restoration opportunities.
to farmers, advisors and local stakeholders, while also capturing the ecological signals of each landscape through field observation and monitoring technologies.
restoration practices adapted to local conditions and farming realities.
ecological, agronomic and economic effects in real farm conditions.
evidence, tools, stories and recommendations to support wider adoption and better policy.
