The 9th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group “Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity” will take place at the University of Milan from the 7th to the 10th of June 2022″ the meeting will be held in hybrid format, to allow a wider participation.
Considering public concern about the decline of biodiversity and the role of agriculture and urban environment in contributing to this decline, the Working Group acts as a platform for exchange of concepts and research results. While intensive management practices are standard practice in conventional farming systems, their undesirable side effects are increasingly recognized. There is consequently a growing interest for a transition towards more ecologically-based methodologies, but there remain many scientific challenges.
The aim of the meeting is to bring together the latest insights on current topics in landscape management for functional biodiversity, including the management for multiple ecosystem services, the identification of promising crop and non-crop management options to support biodiversity-based pest management, and initiatives to meet the challenge to halt the ongoing decline of important farmland species.
This moment will be important to identify promising areas for future research.
Stay tuned!
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Tuesday, June 07 2022
10:00 – 14:00 Registration opening
14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 – 14:50 Welcome presentation
14:50 – 14:55 I session – Pest management – Chairperson: Sara Savoldelli
14:55 – 15:15 I Bas Allema – Pest control of Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera) in onions by hoverfly larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae)
15:15 – 15:35 II Louis Sutter – Floral enhancements and UV reflective mulch tend reduce the number of flower thrips and their associated damage in tunnel strawberry production
15:35 – 15:55 III Salvatore Guarino – Intra- and inter-specific cues for the management of Bagrada hilaris in caper bush cultivations of Pantelleria island
15:55 – 16:15 IV Gail Jackson -Carabid beetle abundance is increased by IPM practice, in comparison with conventional practice at Balruddery Research Farm in Fife, Scotland
16:30 – 18:00 Welcome cocktail
Wednesday, June 08 2022
09:15 – 09:35 Presentation of the liason officer John Holland
09:35 – 09:40 II session – Biodiversity – Chairperson: Camilla Moonen
09:40 – 10:00 V Augusto Loni – Role of green manures in influencing Carabid and slug populations in fields under different management
10:00 – 10:20 VI Alessandro Heinzl – Bee diversity and plant pollinator relationship in the city of Milan
10:20 – 10:40 VII Simone Marini – Biodiversity monitoring and management in a hilly olive grove agroecosystem – the Italian case study from the FRAMEwork project
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:05 II session (part 2) – Biodiversity – Chairperson: Graham Begg
11:05 – 11:25 VIII Maximilian Sittinger – FlowerFinder: An open source tool for automated flower detection and counting in UAV images and orthomosaics
11:25 – 11:45 IX Antonio Ferrante – The contribution of native shrub species to Mediterranean green spaces
11:45 – 12:05 X Gerid Hager – The potential of Citizen Science to support local biodiversity sensitive farming systems
12:05 – 12:40 Election of the new convenor
12:40 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:15 – 15:40 Landscape projects in urban areas in Italy
- Biodiversity in the city. Bergamo, the Astino Valley
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An integrated approach for the study of the biodiversity of Apoidea in urban systems with the support of mobile GIS technologies (Api-GIS)
16:00 – 19:00 Visit to BAM area (example of landscape management in Milan) Group Photo
19:30 – 22:30 SOCIAL DINNER
Thursday, June 09 2022
09:30 – 10:10 III session-Short presentation – Chairperson: Simone Marini
Luka Batistic- Efficacy of trap crops and environmentally acceptable plant protection products as methods of brown marmorated stink bug (Halymorpha halys [Stål], Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) control in an apple orchard
Tanja Bohinc- Occurrence of brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys, Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in urban area (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Mireia Sola Cassi- Landscape simplification and pest management effects on the entomofauna in apple orchards of Quebec
Caroline Provost -Does intensive crop management affect the diversity and abundance of species in fruit crops in Quebeck, Canada?
10:10 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30 – 10:35 IV session – Projects – Chairperson: Baerbel Gerowitt
10:35 – 10:55 XI John Holland – The BEESPOKE Project: increasing wild pollinators and crop pollination
10:55 – 11:15 XII Vittorio Capano – Bees: how and what to monitor to convey critical information
11:15 – 11:35 XIII Graham Begg – FRAMEwork: a system-wide approach to biodiversity sensitive farming in Europe”
11:35 – 11:55 XIV Niamh McHugh – Farmer Clusters: A FRAMEwork for connecting conservation measures in agricultural landscapes
11:55 – 12:50 Projects-brainstorming
12:55 – 14:10 LUNCH
14:10 – 14:15 V session – Habitat management – Chairperson: Costanza Jucker
14:15 – 14:35 XV Robin Earl -Contributions to biodiversity and integrated pest management from arable margins in Ireland evaluated through carabid populations
14:35 – 14:55 XVI- Marie D’Ottavio – Landscape effects on the cabbage seedpod weevil, Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, in canola in Quebec (Canada)
14:55 – 15:15 XVII Antonio Ferrante – Selection of ornamental species with different degrees of shade tolerance
15:15 – 15:35 XVIII Mona Schatke – Site-specific weed management based on species-specific weed densities
15:35 – 15:55 XIX Friederiche de Mol – Field margin measures from the farmers’ perspective
15:55 – 16:15 XX Elena Gagnarli- The habitat network of butterfly community of Alta Murgia National Park (Italy)
16:15 – 16:30 Meeting closure
Friday, June 10 2022
08:30 – 12:30 Field visit to “BOSCO IN CITTÀ”, an example of managed wood into the city
FEES Meeting “Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity”
Non-IOBC Member Delegate
Onsite Online
320€ Early Bird fee until 24 April 2022 224€
370€ Late from 25 April 2022 259€
IOBC Member Delegate
200€ Early Bird fee until 24 April 2022 140€
250€ Late from 25 April 2022 175€
Developing Countries
160€ Early Bird fee until 24 April 2022 112€
190€ Late from 25 April 2022 133€
Students & Youngs (Master and PhD and/or less than 32 y old)
160€ Early Bird fee until 24 April 2022 112€
190€ Late from 25 April 2022 133€
Accompanying person
90€ Early Bird fee until 24 April 2022
100€ Late from 25 April 2022
The congress fee includes:
– admission to scientific programme, access to the poster areas, congress material, welcome cocktail, lunches, refreshment and catering break, 1 meeting dinner, 1 half-day tour in Milan
The accompanying person fee includes:
– welcome cocktail, 1 meeting dinner, 1 half-day tour in Milan
- Bank draft
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Changing your name in the registration is possible at any time, by sending an email to info@9iobc-landscapemilan.it
Call for paper
You are invited to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Authors are expected to contribute papers for publication in the IOBC-WPRS Bulletin which will be available in electronic format only. Contributions should be limited to 4 pages maximum, including tables and graphs according to the template. Full instructions for authors and a template for the manuscript and references can be found here with instructions on submission to follow.
Poster presentations will be 5 minute presentations with slides.
Deadline for early registration, bulletin submission is 24 April 2022
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