In the St. Gallen Rhine Valley (St. Galler Rheintal), the Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach, together with locally based organisations and farmers, is testing various measures to promote biodiversity in cultivated land. Common Kestrels, Northern Lapwings, Common Stonechats, Marsh Warblers and Yellowhammers are to benefit from flower meadows and wildflower strips combined with shrub groups and borders along ditch banks or at the edge of farmland. The rich natural benefits of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley are being interconnected and secured in the long term.
Habitat network St. Gallen Rhine Valley
Promotion of biodiversity in diversely used cultivated land (grassland and arable farming)
Domain
Conservation
Unit
Agricultural Habitats
Topic
Species Recovery, Habitat Promotion
Habitat
farmland, wetlands, meadows and pastures
Project start
1998
Project status
ongoing
Project management
Petra Horch
Project region
St Gallen
Project team members
Betroffene Vogelarten
Unit
Agricultural habitats
We promote wildlife-friendly agriculture with more high-quality and better-connected habitats, fewer artificial fertilisers and fewer pesticides.