Advances in ecosystem monitoring standardisation

The continuous degradation of ecosystems and their services affects biodiversity, climate change, and enhance the risk of severe ecological disasters and pandemics. The European Green Deal and the Biodiversity Strategy request urgent restoration efforts for damaged aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, aimed at increasing biodiversity. Ecosystems’ transformations must consider specific climate adaptation and biodiversity needs. Taking advantage of tools that help to understand and test solutions that address biodiversity loss, we can overcome the challenges pose by climate change and increase crop resilience and adaptation. Once the environment direct benefit from sustainable agriculture, farmers’ fields will have better conditions to grow crops with higher yield and quality, allowing farmers to increase their annual profitability. For example, instead of applying a fungicide this year due to a last year outbreak, farmers will have access to real-time data about pests and weather forecasts in order to make accurate and timely decisions.