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INTEGRA Project: Improving Habitat for Pollinating Insects

As part of the INTEGRA project, a team led by Dr. Christopher Morhart and Prof. Dr. Thomas Seifert from the Chair of Forest Growth and Dendro-ecology at the University of Freiburg are studying the ways in which trees and shrubs are suited as a habitat for pollinating insects in agricultural areas. The project is a collaboration with Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein and Dr. Felix Fornoff (Chair of Conservation and Landscape Ecology), Jun.-Prof. and environmental lawyer Dr. Cathrin Zengerling (Chair of Transformation towards Sustainable Energy Systems) as well as Dr. Sebastian Gayler (Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation at the University of Hohenheim). Researchers will record the range of blossom and nesting places offered by different trees and shrubs around the year to develop a free and publicly available software tool for reassessing and transforming agricultural systems. The project also investigates the legal framework of agroforestry systems that arise from the integration of trees and shrubs in agricultural systems. Therefore, the software tool will also integrate the legal framework and potential sources of funding to support actors in their planning processes.

Link to the official INTEGRA-Website here.