- Developing concepts for the role of livestock in the organic food system of the future, where the animals must optimise the yield of food from the system and not take up area that could otherwise be used for food production.
WINGS (RCN) - Pollinator-friendly cultural landscapes: Solutions for managing habitats under pressure
- Developing solutions to manage and restore pollinator-friendly cultural landscapes in all parts of Norway.
PolliRestore (NDA) - Tool for locating cultural landscape elements where restoration will promote their value as pollinator habitats in the agricultural landscape
- Developing a tool to support farmers with carrying out comprehensive measures for the conservation of pollinators in the agricultural landscape.
Better Beekeeping Practice (LBST) - Demonstrating control of Varroa mites without chemicals
- Demonstrating how to determine which bee families need Varroa pest control by counting mites via early sampling.
Closed projects
MetaComNet (RCN) - Linking metacommunity dynamics to the structure of ecological networks and ecosystem functioning
- Developing statistical models for producing spatial predictions of the robustness of bee plant interactions and ultimately predict how pollen limitation varies along gradients of land use intensification and habitat isolation.
