Researchers at the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University are establishing a living lab including farmers who grow fruit orchards, along with Transnistrian Research Station of Horticulture, beekeepers, NGOs, commercial companies, municipalities, and local authorities. They will host annual workshops and other educational activities.
Activities within the Living Labs
Within the Living Lab network, we are conducting an array of different activities at different levels. These include:
Level 1
The center level contains activities that are conducted at the living labs but coordinated by RestPoll members (i.e. pollinator monitoring).
- Pollinator and vegetation monitoring (Task 1.2a)
- Pollination monitoring (Task 1.2b)
- Measuring the effect of co-design (Task 1.3)
- Rapid assessment of plants and pollinators (Task 1.4)
- Evaluate interactions among landscape-scale drivers and local restoration measures on pollinators (Task 2.2)
- Identify synergies and opportunities for improvements of current restoration implementations (Task 2.3)
Level 2
The second level contains activities that are conducted within the living lab with all stakeholders involved (i.e. workshop to discuss implementation of co-designed measures).
- Assess co-benefits of pollinators restoration measures and the direct and indirect impacts of restoration measures on bio-economy (Task 2.4 + 3.3)
- Develop and test a novel instrument based on Payments for Restoration-mediated Pollination Services (PRPS) (Task 3.2)
- Establishing and monitoring progress and knowledge flow with the Living Lab (Task 4.1)
- Assessing enabling conditions for pollinator restoration measures (Task 4.3)
Level 3
The third level are activities that are conducted within the living lab during demonstration events, including a larger audience (i.e. workshop on horizon scan).
- Horizon scanning of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities & threats for pollinator restorations (Task 4.4)
Level 4
The final level includes activities that involve the general public within the living lab vicinity (i.e. testing of feasibility of tools).
- Assessing the awareness of pollinators and willingness to protect them (Task 3.1)
- Estimate the value added by wild pollinators to the food value chain (Task 3.4)
- Test and evaluate tools for the RestPoll toolbox of restoration methods (Task 5.2)
- Survey consumer willingness to purchase biodiversity-friendly products (Task 5.3)
- Understanding and evaluating the co-design of pollinator-friendly labels (Task 5.4)
About this Living Lab
Implementations
Perennial flower strip, flower undersowing, insect hotels, wood stacks
Main landuse types
Fruit orchards, public space – research station
Pollinator dependent crops
Apple, pear, cherry, cherry plum
Researchers
Alina Zhuk
Tetiana Fylypchuk
Iryna Sytnikova
Uliana Leheta
Mariia Fedoriak
Oksana Zarochentseva
Contact us for collaboration
Alexandra Klein
alexandra.klein@nature.uni-freiburg.de
