Regional seed mixtures as an effective tool for protecting the diversity of meadow biotopes
Grasslands are among the most diverse biotic communities in Europe. However, most of them have been created and are maintained by human activities. The project focuses on the development of technologies used for restoring degraded grasslands and the creation of new species-rich grasslands using two methods. The first method is seeding with regional mixtures obtained by combing the original species-rich growth, and the second method is transferring green hay from well-preserved growths near the restored sites. This is the only way to ensure that the sown/transferred species are optimally adapted to local environmental conditions and that the local gene pool is not endangered.