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Mission B - Development of Research Lab on Roof

Description

As part of the "Mission B" project of the Swiss Radio and Television SRF, an innovative research laboratory is to be installed on a roof area in Leutschenbach in Zurich, where different types of substrate (ricoter, wool, vegetable charcoal, etc.) and vegetation methods are to be studied.This experimental area will be used to demonstrate how new innovative substrate types made of recycled materials (ricoter, wool, vegetable carbon, etc.) can be used in the context of "restoration ecology" and how "grey" unused areas can be developed into biodiverse green spaces.

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Projectlead

Deputy Projectlead

Dr. Chiara Catalano

Project team

Project status

completed, 12/2019 - 07/2020

Institute/Centre

Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)

Funding partner

SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen

Project budget

20'000 CHF

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