European Farmland Biodiversity Monitoring Cost Estimates for Four Taxa

Empirical data from 12 case studies across Europe were used to estimate the number of farms needed to detect biodiversity changes for four taxa. Cost estimates for nine monitoring scenarios are provided and compared to the Common Agricultural Policy budget from 2014–2020. The dataset, by Ilse R. Geijzendorffer of Wageningen University & Research, demonstrates the modest budget share required for a Europe-wide monitoring scheme.

Use Cases

• Estimating sampling requirements for biodiversity indicators based on the four taxa (vascular plants, earthworms, spiders, bees) mentioned in the description.
• Budget planning for agricultural policy programs based on the cost scenarios compared to the Common Agricultural Policy budget.
• Designing spatially allocated sampling schemes for European farmland based on the described sampling design.
• Evaluating the cost-efficiency of different monitoring robustness scenarios for detecting temporal changes in species numbers.

Strengths

• Empirical data sourced from 12 case studies across Europe.
• Cost estimates provided for nine distinct monitoring scenarios with differing robustness.
• Analysis compares costs to a specific policy budget (Common Agricultural Policy 2014–2020).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Wageningen University & Research, published via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Data collected from 12 case studies across Europe, used in a power analysis.

Time Range

Associated with the Common Agricultural Policy budget period 2014–2020.

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Europe, with a spatially allocated sampling design.