Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

Potts, Simon G., Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera, Ngo, Hien T., Aizen, Marcelo A., Biesmeijer, Jacobus C., Breeze, Thomas D., Dicks, Lynn V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8304-4468, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Hill, Rosemary, Settele, Josef and Vanbergen, Adam J. (2016) Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being. Nature, 540. 220–229. ISSN 0028-0836

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Abstract

Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values, as well as the maintenance of wider biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Pollinators face multiple threats from changes in land-use and management intensity, climate change, pesticides and genetically modified crops, pollinator management and pathogens, and invasive alien species. There are well-documented declines in some wild and managed pollinators in several regions of the world. However, many effective policy and management responses can be implemented to safeguard pollinators and sustain pollination services.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: pollinator,pollination,sdg 2 - zero hunger,sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 15 - life on land ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/zero_hunger
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
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Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2016 00:02
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2023 13:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61548
DOI: 10.1038/nature20588

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