Living Lab B7

Faciliteit

The aim of Living Lab B7 is best summarised as providing insights and KPI’s (critical performance indicators) to Greenport Duin- and Bollenstreek, Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen and the Deltaplan Biodiversiteitsherstel to contribute to the practice of biodiversity recovery in rural areas on local, regional and national scales.

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Demoveld met rijen bloembollen en een mobiel meetstation

Details

Infrastructure type: Fieldwork infrastucture
Landscape type
Research partner

The facility

Living Lab B7 is a consortium of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), the HAS Green Academy and the Radboud University in Nijmegen. The goal of LLB7 is captured in the seven B's in Dutch, collaborating with local stakeholders looking from various perspectives to stimulate biodiversity in the bulb region (Duin- en Bollenstreek) of the Netherlands. The aim of Living Lab B7 is best summarised as providing insights and KPI’s (critical performance indicators) to Greenport Duin- and Bollenstreek, Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen and the Deltaplan Biodiversiteitsherstel to contribute to the practice of biodiversity recovery in rural areas on local, regional and national scales.

Research topics

Biodiversity, flower bulb growing, dunes, transformative change. Groups studied: birds, insects, plants.

References

de Koning, S., Boezeman, D., Kaufmann, M., & Visseren-Hamakers, I. J. (2023). Transformative change for biodiversity: A review on the contribution of landscape-oriented partnerships. Biological Conservation, 277, 109858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109858

de Koning, S. (2024). Landscape discourses and rural transformations: insights from the Dutch Dune and Flower Bulb Region. Agriculture and Human Values. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10559-2

Mariën, B., Vonk, C., Riem, T. (2024). Natuurinclusieve teeltmaatregelen in de bollenteelt. Student report, HAS green academy. https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/VP0diUDUt7HOKoY

Hendriks, G., Keijsers, M., Meijers, D. (2023). Teeltmaatregelen in de Duin- en Bollenstreek gericht op de biodiversiteit. Student report, HAS green academy.
https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/vVWIsyE8HcHZ98J

Location

De Bollenstreek (gemeenten Hillegom, Lisse, Katwijk, Noordwijk en Teylingen)

Running period

1 March 2021 – 31 August 2026

Equipment/facilities

N.A.

Data management

Primary data and the related metadata will be stored long-term by and made available through the protocols relating to data management of the organisations of the leaders of the various work packages in the Living lab (HAS University of Applied Sciences, NIOO-KNAW and Radboud University Nijmegen). The level of availability will depend on the type of data, on the organisation and on the timing of the request.