Tag Archives: hecken

Insect-friendly agriculture requires teamwork: Successful cooperation for insect protection

By | February 26, 2025

How can farmers make insect conservation more effective through their active participation? A research team is developing and testing measures to promote insect diversity in three agricultural regions of Germany, together with practitioners. Many measures, such as perennial wildflower strips, more diverse crop rotations, planting hedges, and strip cropping, could only be implemented and realize their potential ecological impact on the landscape through this collaborative partnership.… Read more »

Comment: In many places, green spaces are the stepchildren of the administration

By | February 24, 2025

A walk through towns and villages reveals the problem: even freely growing shrubs are cut into box shapes far too frequently, trees are stripped of their crowns, and barren lawns are constantly maintained at golf course length. The obvious maxim: the main thing is that citizens recognize that something has been done. Such "maintenance" is in blatant contradiction to ecological principles and the needs of flora and fauna… Read more »