Press Releases
One Species for the Many
16 October 2020The grey partridge is an ideal farmland bioindicator species: Habitat measures targeted at grey partridges directly benefit other farmland wildlife sharing the same landscape.
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Modern farming working with nature – the PARTRIDGE project fits perfectly with the goals of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.
28 September 2020PARTRIDGE is promoting nature-friendly, sustainable arable farming, alongside profitable farming across 10 demonstration sites in the North Sea Region.
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Combining strengths - PARTRIDGE flower mix plots perform best in comparison with other flower mix types!
16 September 2020Wildflower or wild bird seed mixes are a conservation measure, which are widely used within agri-environment schemes (AES). In the state of Lower-Saxony (Germany) there three different types of flowe…
Read moreScottish PARTRIDGE demo site taking part in novel cropping practices
02 September 2020For a number of years, PARTRIDGE site Balgonie Estate has been working hard to establish high quality habitat on 7% of the demonstration area. This year, the farm is taking part in some new projects…
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The PARTRIDGE project is proud to publish ‘Farming with Nature’
18 August 2020
This week, the PARTRIDGE project is proud to publish ‘Farming with Nature’. This a beautifully illustrated book summarising how farmland biodiversity can be enhanced across Europe by applying m…
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Rebhuhngerechte Blühflächen übertreffen andere Blühflächentypen!
30 June 2020In Niedersachsen gibt es drei Typen von Blühflächen/Blühstreifen: einjährige Blühflächen werden alljährlich neu bestellt, das heißt spätestens im Frühjahr wird die gesamte vorjährige Vegetation entf…
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Why Protecting Farmland Biodiversity is so Important
16 June 2020Biodiversity is the huge variety of every plant and animal in the world, including the habitat in which they live. Our ecosystems provide us with vital services needed for survival, from the oxygen w…
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Raptors and owls benefit from PARTRIDGE measures at Oude Doorn demonstration site, the Netherlands
28 May 2020Through the measures within our PARTRIDGE-project, we want to achieve a 30% increase in biodiversity. In doing so, we mainly focus on wildlife species in arable landscapes. Dutch research has already…
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The impact of the PARTRIDGE project in Scotland
21 May 2020The Scottish PARTRIDGE team have been helping to manage and monitor our two demonstration farms for more than three years now. They are Balgonie Estate in Fife and Whitburgh Farms in Midlothian. The f…
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Working together to achieve more
11 May 2020The Flemish agriculture is, compared to other countries, characterised by a lot of farmers in a small area. Combined with poor spatial planning and high pressure on the remaining open space by industr…
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