Illustrates that the type of habitat bordering oilseed rape fields significantly shapes predatory beetle communities and their pest control activity, even in landscapes already rich in semi-natural habitat.

Proposes a standardised protocol for the Farmer Cluster approach to agroecology, aiming to provide a replicable framework for organising farmer-led landscape-scale biodiversity management.

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Argues for bridging scientific, Indigenous, and local knowledge systems to improve natural resource decision-making, outlining approaches for integrating diverse forms of evidence into policy and management. [Preprint/in press]

Traces the dynamic trajectories of farmer collaboration for biodiversity-sensitive farming over time, examining how collaborative groups mature and identifying factors that sustain or undermine long-term collective action.

Visual prototype of the FRAMEwork network, linking with existing Citizen Observatory networks and citizen-based biodiversity monitoring projects in farmland landscapes.

Software to capture and store data from the specialist monitoring methods, relevant indicators and descriptors of farming systems and farm management practices defined. Data model structures.

Report comparing the impact of landscape-scale interventions compared to farm-based on biodiversity using data from the pilot Farmer Cluster network.

Report describing the various citizen science farmland biodiversity monitoring activities with the public conducted by Farmer Clusters.

Policy briefs prepared by each Cluster partner with pilot studies, sent to key policy makers in each project country and the EC.

Development of the decision support tool FRAMEtest which combines agent-based modelling and machine learning to analyse the sustainability performance of synthetic farmed landscapes under different policy scenarios.

Summarises how local stakeholders in three case study areas perceive land abandonment, its socio-economic and agro-environmental implications and potential solutions. Provides reflections for policy makers at local, national and international levels.

Development and implementation of standard tools to ensure interoperability of Citizen Science data (and beyond) within the FRAMEwork project; describes map offerings enabling exploration of biodiversity data at multiple scales.

Assesses whether empowering Farmer Clusters to set biodiversity targets and implement locally appropriate, biodiversity-friendly practices leads to measurable improvements in biodiversity at the landscape scale (BACI design with control sites for 10 clusters).

Identifies drivers and barriers of biodiversity sensitive farming systems for the provision of biodiversity and ES, and traces propagation of benefits and costs through agri-food systems using qualitative socio-ecological network models (Task 7.2).

Brief presenting a practical assessment tool that enables practitioners and Farmer Cluster facilitators to evaluate the sustainability performance of farms and clusters across environmental, social and economic dimensions.

Based on key results from Farmer Behaviour and Incentives, three policy briefs and two practice abstracts on Advanced Farmer Clusters, farmer monitoring, labelling/direct marketing, and results-based group payments.

Report on landscape complementation modelling including validation and modification of the models in the Farmer Clusters involved.

Monitoring methods and tools for specialists, Cluster Facilitators, expert volunteers, farmers, and citizens to monitor indicators of agrobiodiversity and related ecosystem services.

Policy brief addressing the effectiveness of combining results-based payments with collective contracts in Agri-environmental schemes (AES).

Guidelines on how to set up and manage Advanced Farmer Clusters, prepared with facilitators and translated into national languages; used to promote the Farmer Cluster concept and link clusters with external stakeholders.

Draws lessons from interdisciplinary analysis of socio-ecological systems in applied land systems research, arguing that systems thinking and modelling approaches are essential for supporting transformative change in how we manage landscapes.

Final report on this topic analysing and synthesising impacts of landscape interventions on biodiversity through their effects on natural assets, and forecasting potential regional natural asset impacts where land use and habitat maps are available.

Training materials and training events provided for facilitators, following feedback on their requirements.

Multi-author horizon scan identifying key opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence for biodiversity conservation, covering applications from species identification and habitat mapping to automated monitoring and predictive modelling.

Reports on a nine-year study of sentinel prey predation in French apple orchards, finding that different sentinel prey setups vary in their ability to distinguish organic from conventional management and in their sensitivity to weather conditions.

PhD thesis examining how landscape complementation — the spatial arrangement of crop fields, semi-natural habitats, and field margins — supports natural enemy communities and enhances biological pest control in agricultural landscapes.

Pre-print of a paper addressing the effectiveness of combining results-based payments with collective contracts in Agri-environmental schemes (AES).

Policy brief describing how Czech Farmer Clusters integrate biodiversity measures into farm practice while supporting farmers' livelihoods and long‑term landscape sustainability.

Policy brief outlining how applying a natural capital approach makes the benefits of biodiversity‑sensitive farming visible in economic terms and supports more coherent agricultural and environmental policy change.

Report based on qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys on the impact of a Farmer Cluster approach on farmers' self-identity and behaviour regarding agrobiodiversity management.

Policy brief explaining why Farmer Cluster facilitators and expert support are crucial for coordinating collaboration, securing resources and guiding farmers' biodiversity actions at landscape scale.

Policy brief showing how a Farmer Cluster in Spanish olive groves uses joint management and habitat restoration to counter biodiversity loss and improve the resilience of olive farming systems.

Policy brief outlining how the Burgenland Farmer Cluster coordinates measures such as habitat creation and diversified management to enhance biodiversity on farms.

Policy brief showing how the Mostviertel Farmer Cluster in Austria organises joint actions, learning and monitoring to increase farmland biodiversity and strengthen farmer cooperation.

Policy brief highlighting how English Farmer Clusters use collective planning, shared monitoring and agri‑environment schemes to restore biodiversity across farmed landscapes.

Describes the Farmer Cluster model for organising neighbouring farmers to collaborate on landscape-scale biodiversity management, drawing on European case studies to propose a standardised approach for improving farmland biodiversity outcomes.

Policy brief describing how the Zeeasterweg Farmer Cluster in the Netherlands cooperates across farms to enhance habitats, support natural pest control and address the local biodiversity crisis.

Demonstrates that biodiversity-friendly management practices in Mediterranean terraced olive groves — such as reduced pesticide use and maintaining ground cover — support pollinator conservation and associated ecosystem services.

Policy brief arguing that closer rural–urban relationships, joint initiatives and better communication are essential to support biodiversity‑friendly farming and maintain vibrant European farming communities.

Policy brief presenting the Monte Pisano Farmer Cluster as a networking platform where farmers collaborate on biodiversity measures that also strengthen local economies and community ties.

Policy brief (French) explaining how coordinated actions in Farmer Clusters can improve natural pest control while conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes.

Report on strengthening locally based monitoring and management of living resources in the Arctic, emphasising the role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in co-managing fisheries, wildlife, and ecosystem health.

Provides policy guidance for strengthening citizen and community involvement in Arctic nature management, drawing on Nordic experiences with participatory monitoring and locally based resource governance.

Reports on experimental investigation of combined collective and result-based Agri‑environmental schemes to promote landscape‑scale conservation under the FRAMEwork system.

Information resource of combined multiple media setting out the function and benefits of the FRAMEwork system.

Policy brief showing how social learning, peer exchange and joint reflection within Farmer Clusters strengthen farmers' engagement in biodiversity‑friendly practices.

Policy brief exploring different agri-environment scheme designs in the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands.

Identifies a practical set of UK farmland bird species that farmers and conservation practitioners can monitor as indicators of wider farmland bird community health and responses to agricultural management.

Identifies drivers and barriers of biodiversity sensitive farming systems for the provision of biodiversity and ES, and traces propagation of benefits and costs through agri-food systems using qualitative socio-ecological network models