FRAMEwork has published evidence-based guidelines on supporting viable farming on marginal lands across diverse European regions. Land abandonment poses a critical challenge to European biodiversity, food security and rural livelihoods. As economic pressures drive farmers to exit production on marginal lands, former agricultural areas rapidly transition to scrubland and woody encroachment, reducing habitat diversity for farmland specialists. FRAMEwork has published guidelines

FRAMEwork has released FRAMEtest, a decision support tool that decision makers explore management scenarios before committing to land-use changes. Land use decision makers, from farm businesses to policymakers, need confidence that proposed changes will deliver results. FRAMEtest simulates how interventions like hedgerow restoration, wildflower strips, reduced pesticides, or organic conversion would affect biodiversity, ecosystem services and farm economics across multiple ye

FRAMEwork has published research on how collaborative approaches help urban and rural communities build shared commitment to farmland conservation. Farmland biodiversity is declining across Europe, threatening the ecosystem services and food security that all communities depend on. Yet urban and rural populations often view farming through fundamentally different lenses. Urban residents tend to emphasise environmental action as a priority, whilst rural residents prioritise jo

New training materials from a project workshop support replication across project areas, and beyond! FRAMEwork has published the training materials and event documentation from a May 2022 workshop in Luxembourg that taught farmer cluster facilitators how to organise and run bioblitz events. The materials are designed as a replicable package. One cluster that attended the training conducted a bioblitz, generating 701 observations of 249 species from 129 participants, demonstra

FRAMEwork has released over 70 citizen science protocols tested across nine European countries and tailored specifically for farmer-led implementation. Biodiversity monitoring resources abound! From guides, to manuals and protocols largely professional ecologists. Yet few are specifically designed for farmer-led implementation at meaningful landscape scales. FRAMEwork has released an extensive collection of over 70 citizen science protocols, applications and supporting materi

A new project report maps the drivers and barriers to biodiversity-friendly farming across European regions FRAMEwork has published a new report analysing what drives and blocks farmer adoption of biodiversity-friendly practices. The research draws on fieldwork in three contrasting regions — Buchan in Scotland, Born in Luxembourg and Val Graziosa in Italy — and uses socio-ecological network models to trace how the costs and benefits of changing practice ripple through entire

FRAMEwork has released evidence from rigorous before-after-control-impact analysis showing that structured monitoring catalyses measurable ecological recovery FRAMEwork's multi-year impact assessment across eleven farmer clusters in ten European countries employs rigorous before-after-control-impact (BACI) experimental design to answer a critical question: does monitoring biodiversity on farmland actually improve ecological outcomes? Results demonstrate that structured monito

Webinar shares lessons from across Europe and the UK... On the 24th September 2025, FRAMEwork held its final webinar within the official project duration, 'Inside Farmer Clusters: Lessons from Europe and the UK', hosted by coordinating partner the James Hutton Institute. This was a fantastic opportunity to reflect on five years supporting biodiversity through piloting collaborative farming approaches. We're pleased to share that the webinar was well attended with over 70 stak

New Publications Showcase the Power of Citizen Science in Nature Management... Still from a video below by the Bill Sutherland’s Conservation Concepts YouTube channel A new project-supported reports from FRAMEwork partner NORDECO explores how local knowledge and citizen engagement are informing conservation practices across the Arctic In an era where environmental challenges demand innovative solutions, two publications from our partner NORDECO, co-authored by project partic

Exploring a New Support Tool for Agricultural Decision Makers... On August 28, 2025, the project hosted an interactive workshop on...

Moritz Fritschle shares insights from project research on behavioral factors in agri-environmental program design. Project researcher...

LIST share H2020 FRAMEwork Project and Recodo at agricultural fair... The Saturday engagement team | Credit: LIST The Luxembourg...

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A new collection of policy briefs and practice abstracts from the FRAMEwork project sets out evidence-based recommendations on incentives, farmer engagement, and practical tools for cluster development. The FRAMEwork project has published a new report, Summary information notes and policy briefs, which brings together five outputs from the project's work on farmer behaviour and incentives (Work Package 6). The collection is aimed at policymakers, farm advisors, facilitators,

FRAMEwork has released landscape complementation models showing how habitat configuration optimises natural pest control, pollination and other ecosystem services across farmed landscapes FRAMEwork has published a report exploring how different habitats and resources scattered across farmed landscapes work together to support wildlife. Landscape complementation is based on a simple observation about species ecology: many species cannot find everything they need in a single ha

A new project policy brief reveals that almost 100% of surveyed farmers preferred contracts offering the option for collaborative landscape-scale conservation A new project policy brief shares findings that nearly all European farmers surveyed as part of FRAMEwork prefer agri-environmental contracts offering the option to join a farmer cluster or equivalent group. A discrete choice experiment with 761 farmers presented hypothetical five-year contracts requiring six-metre fiel

Connecting research and policy to halt biodiversity decline in agriculture... On July 1st, 2025, FRAMEwork's coordinating partner the...

On a warm Friday morning in late June, the historic Monte Pisano Oil Mill in Vicopisano opened its doors to a gathering of researchers,...