Zanon, S. et al. (Laimburg Research Centre, IT): Stakeholder perception of the management of species-rich grasslands in mountain areas

FORUM Carpathicum:
Kaim, D. et al.: Changes and persistence - the trajectories of the grasslands in the Carpathians

Peratoner, G. et al. (Laimburg Research Centre, IT): Stakeholder perception of the aesthetic value of meadows differing in management intensity

Sommer, J. et al. (EURAC, IT): The role of fertilisation in plant diversity in grasslands in the Central Alps

Jakiel M. et al. (Jagiellonian University, PL): Spatial diversity of the use of EU CAP subsidies for grassland conservation in the Polish Carpathians

Opravil, S et al. (IGU SAV, SK): Mapping grassland management regimes in the Alps and Carpathians using Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 time series

Different project G4B teams presented various project outcomes:
IALE 2025:
Dale, E.E. et al. (WSL, CH): Effects of management on plant diversity in Swiss grasslands
Graham, C. et al. (WSL, CH): Improved grassland habitat map for the Alps and Carpathians

In the last two weeks, our G4B project (www.grass4b.com) had wide coverage (8! presentations) at two important events: the IALE 2025 European Landscape Ecology Congress and Forum Carpaticum 2025.
@euracalpenv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu 👇

Our #G4B project as presented at the recent great #LPS25 in Vienna:
- grassland management as detected by different objects (🐮🐴🐑🚜) in aerial photos
- grassland management (mowing&grazing) as detected by 🛰️Sentinel-2 and Landsat-9 📆 timeseries.

🦬European #bison are Europe’s largest surviving herbivore – but would there be space for large bison populations in Central Europe? New paper addressing this question led by Hendrik Bluhm 👉 just out in Biological Conservation!
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... @humboldtuni.bsky.social #megafauna #rewilding

⚛️Exciting scientific opportunities available at our G4B partner institution!

Deadline abstract submission: March 14, 2025

Join us at IALE 2025 iale2025.sav.sk within two sessions closely related to our G4B project:
S3G–Interdisciplinary Responses: Perspectives for Grassland Research and Conservation Projects
S4G–Remote Sensing of the Grassland-Dominated Landscapes

It's amazing to see how much landscapes changed. In the G4B project, we strongly believe that the biodiversity of grasslands depends on the past legacies of land-use management.
We look at historical maps, satellites & aerial imagery, landscape changes 🗺️, and relate them to grassland diversity.

Speaking about the grassland diversity, how it really looks like? This timelapse gives some insights from a hotspot in the Carpathians. (author V. Sifra). Few more timelapses at our G4B project website: www.grass4b.com @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social

Productive discussions on G4B grassland habitat and diversity remote sensing and protection with our partners at Humboldt University today. #G4B @g4biodiv.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social

Landscape structure is important for allowing #megafauna to share space with people – even in one of Europe's ‘wildest’ regions! New paper out Biological Conservation by Gabri Retez: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #Rewilding @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social

A new paper, also based on data collected within the G4B project, co-authored by Erich Tasser, describes the complex shifts in the species composition of grassland ecosystems in European mountain areas over 70 years as a result of climate and land-use change. doi.org/10.1111/1365...