Living Labs

Each living laboratory will include at least two pilot sites: site A, where the usual techniques are maintained, and site B, where techniques aimed at increasing the number of pollinators are tested. This configuration allows direct comparison between the two sites, enabling us to monitor the impact of the techniques.

Living Labs : Netherlands

1. FRL
Location : Fryslân

Nº Site: 3 or 4

Type of protocol: Scientific

Landscape approach: green spaces; ecological corridor; blue/green infrastructure

2. Middelburg

Location: the former island of Walcheren

Nº Sites: 3

Type of protocol: Diopsis autonomous insect cameras

Landscape approach: Connecting excysting green areas, parks and waterways trough ecological maintained roadsides

Living Labs: France

1. CD62

Location: Pas-de-Calais

Nº sites: 5

Type of protocol: Scientific/basic + cameras

Landscape approach: Semi-rural areas with urban, crops and grasslands nearby / ecological corridors

Living Labs: Belgium

1. PWF

Location: Nieuwerkerken / Oudenaarde

Nº Sites: 2

Type of protocol: experimental sinus- + block mowing – scientific approach

Landscape approach: strengthening landscape connectivity with farmers (flower fields/- margins, botanical grassland, hedgerows, ...)

2. BE

Location: park called “Roi Baudoin” (Fase 1; 2 and 3)

Nº Site: 4 (1 in F1; 1 in F2 and 2 in F3)

Type of protocol: Scientific

Landscape approach: 1&2 : Contrasting-shaped meadows — one linear and rectangular — bordered by a frequently used path followed by a wooded area, and on the other side by a wetland (the Molenbeek Valley pond).3&4 : Large grassland located in a Natura 2000 area, surrounded by woodland and bordered by a pond within a nature reserve.

Living Labs: Ireland

1. Ireland

Location: Ballyhoura

Nº Site: 1-2

Type of protocol: citizen science

Landscape approach: perennial flower margins and semi-natural grasslands

Living Labs: Germany

1. SUKW

Location: Bremen

Nº Site: 2

Type of protocol: scientific