{"id":294,"date":"2026-07-16T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:15:12","slug":"collaborative-approaches-at-the-landscape-scale-increase-the-benefits-of-agri-environmental-measures-for-farmland-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">By Eliane&nbsp;Meier,&nbsp;Gisela&nbsp;L\u00fcscher, Felix Herzig, Eva Knopp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures, which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity. They are mostly implemented at local scale, such as action-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity-friendly management) and result-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity outcome). Implementation at the landscape scale as part of a collaborative landscape-targeted approach is less frequent. There, farmers of a given region jointly determine where and which measures are implemented in order to create a biodiversity-friendly landscape. The effectiveness of the three different, but often intertwined approaches to promote&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/agricultural-and-biological-sciences\/farmland-biodiversity\">farmland biodiversity<\/a>, has hardly ever been studied. To this end, we analyzed data from 121 1-km<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;squares distributed across the Swiss&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/agricultural-and-biological-sciences\/arable-land\">agricultural landscapes<\/a>. At local scale (10-m<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;units), we found that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/earth-and-planetary-sciences\/plant-specie\">plant species<\/a>&nbsp;richness was higher in all EFA categories compared to management units outside EFAs, but tended to be highest in result-based and in collaborative landscape-targeted EFAs. At landscape scale (1-km<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;units), plant species richness was positively related to a large total area of all EFAs, while butterfly and bird richness were positively related to a large total area of all EFAs with a high share of collaborative landscape-targeted EFAs. We conclude that while result-based, and especially collaborative landscape-targeted EFAs come along with higher transaction costs, they contribute substantially to farmland biodiversity at different spatial scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link to Paper: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167880924000665\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167880924000665<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eliane&nbsp;Meier,&nbsp;Gisela&nbsp;L\u00fcscher, Felix Herzig, Eva Knopp Abstract Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures, which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity. They are mostly implemented at local scale, such as action-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity-friendly management) and result-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity outcome). Implementation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dokument"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Eliane&nbsp;Meier,&nbsp;Gisela&nbsp;L\u00fcscher, Felix Herzig, Eva Knopp Abstract Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures, which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity. They are mostly implemented at local scale, such as action-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity-friendly management) and result-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity outcome). Implementation [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BoBiColAS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1723\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Maximilian Meyer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Maximilian Meyer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Maximilian Meyer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb\"},\"headline\":\"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Dokument\"],\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294\",\"name\":\"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg\",\"width\":1723,\"height\":886},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?p=294#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Start\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/\",\"name\":\"BoBiColAS\",\"description\":\"Boosting Biodiversity through Collaborative Agri-environmental Schemes\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb\",\"name\":\"Maximilian Meyer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Maximilian Meyer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\\\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS","og_description":"By Eliane&nbsp;Meier,&nbsp;Gisela&nbsp;L\u00fcscher, Felix Herzig, Eva Knopp Abstract Ecological focus areas (EFAs) are a key element of European agri-environmental measures, which aim at mitigating the negative impact of intensive agricultural practices on biodiversity. They are mostly implemented at local scale, such as action-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity-friendly management) and result-based EFAs (prescribed minimum biodiversity outcome). Implementation [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294","og_site_name":"BoBiColAS","article_published_time":"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1723,"height":886,"url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Maximilian Meyer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Verfasst von":"Maximilian Meyer","Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"2\u00a0Minuten"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294"},"author":{"name":"Maximilian Meyer","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb"},"headline":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity","datePublished":"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294"},"wordCount":268,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","articleSection":["Dokument"],"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294","url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294","name":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity - BoBiColAS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","datePublished":"2026-07-16T12:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-16T12:15:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","width":1723,"height":886},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?p=294#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Start","item":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collaborative approaches at the landscape scale increase the benefits of agri-environmental measures for farmland biodiversity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/","name":"BoBiColAS","description":"Boosting Biodiversity through Collaborative Agri-environmental Schemes","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8bc5394da114dea6aba12a5b19b1eb","name":"Maximilian Meyer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f364b28b2594d130933ed7de2c052ad85754b24fb4cc85f4cebf3705f32a073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Maximilian Meyer"},"url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/?author=5"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-s2.0-S0167880924000665-ga1_lrg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobicolas.agroscope.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}