News from CBM
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23 May 2022
Webinar: “Ongoing Nordic projects - heritage cereals”
Recently, Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK, Finland) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU, Sweden) arranged a webinar on the topic “Ongoing Nordic projects - heritage cereals” with the aim to increase awareness among researchers and non-academic partners on currently running projects and create a platform for new networks and further collaboration
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06 May 2022
New research funding for sustainable landscapes
In order to safeguard biodiversity and multifunctional landscapes, the conventional governance and management associated with the ecosystem approach needs to be fundamentally changed. Reforms are needed, in both politics and in practice, for us to be able to achieve our environmental goals and have viable landscapes in the future. A new research program, LAND-PATHS, will develop new strategies for landscape and biodiversity governance.
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08 March 2022
Modernization of rural settlements may harm farmland bird populations
Modernization of villages is likely an important cause of farmland bird decline in both villages and agricultural fields, according to a recent study by researchers from Poland and SLU. This new knowledge will be essential not only for bird conservation in rural areas, but also for the design of large-scale biodiversity support funding from the EU.