I am excited to share our latest article, entitled ‘Improving biodiversity in Central and Eastern European gardens needs regionally scaled strategies‘, which has just been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and is now available online here.
This article is the output of an international project, which Dr. Gabor Pozsgai and I conceived, and I coordinated.
Our main aim was to explore the ecological values of gardens and gardening practices, identifying characteristics that might contribute to building high biodiversity. The project was conducted in ten languages and implemented across nine countries in Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe: Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Highlights
– Significant variability both between and within. countries in gardening practices.
– Improving biodiversity in gardens needs regionally scaled strategies.
– Reducing pesticide use and increasing public awareness are key.
– Our indicators can support local strategies to increase urban biodiversity.
