This project aims to develop a tool to support farmers with carrying out comprehensive measures for the conservation of pollinators in the agricultural landscape.

PolliRestore follows up on the objective from the Norwegian national action plan to create targeted measures for the conservation of pollinators in the agricultural landscape. Wild bees need access to both flower-rich meadows and suitable nest sites within flying distance. There is therefore a need for tools that make it easy for farmers to carry out comprehensive restoration measures on their agricultural properties. 

The project targets businesses, the agricultural advisory service and employees in public administration who have special responsibility for the distribution of grants for the implementation of the action plan for the conservation of pollinating insects in the agricultural landscape. 

PolliRestore will develop an interactive map-based tool where users can efficiently obtain information about which cultural landscape elements are found on the property, what ecological condition they are in, which measures should be implemented to increase the area's value as pollinator habitat and which relevant support schemes that exist. 

Through the RMP scheme with pollinator zones, it has been shown that many farmers are interested in taking measures for wild bees. The project expects that PolliRestore will make it easier for farmers to get an overview of which measures can be carried out on the property, and which grant schemes can be applied for to carry out various measures.

The project is based in a nationally leading professional environment with expertise in wild bee ecology and ecological effects of habitat management, programming and use of remote sensing data, consisting of researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Natural Research (NINA, project manager) and representatives from the Norwegian Agricultural Advisory Service (NLR). Experts in wild bee ecology and management from Aarhus University (AU) in Denmark, who work with similar issues, will participate in the project's specialist group meetings. Senior Researcher Yoko L. Dupont takes part in the specialist's group and will contribute her expertise on method development, communication and publication.