Descripción del proyecto
Mejora de la evaluación del riesgo de exposición a plaguicidas para los polinizadores silvestres
La fauna y la flora silvestres, y en particular los polinizadores, se enfrentan a amenazas sin precedentes derivadas de alteraciones ambientales variables, y los productos químicos de origen antropogénico, como los plaguicidas, se perfilan como una de las principales amenazas. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto WildPosh, financiado con fondos europeos, pretende trascender disciplinas y fronteras. El proyecto, que se lleva a cabo en Inglaterra, Estonia, Alemania y España, estudia la exposición a productos agroquímicos en el mundo real mediante trabajo de campo y experimentos controlados con diversas especies de polinizadores. Por ejemplo, los experimentos controlados con abejas, moscas sírfidas, polillas y mariposas complementan la recogida de datos «in silico». Los objetivos del proyecto son crear una base de datos abierta, proponer herramientas de evaluación de riesgos e influir en las políticas a través de la innovación. WildPosh está a punto de redefinir nuestro método de la salud de los polinizadores.
Objetivo
Wild fauna and flora are facing variable and challenging environmental disturbances. One of the animal groups that is most impacted by this, concerns pollinators. Pollinators face multiple threats, but the spread of anthropogenic chemicals (i.e. pesticides) form a major potential driver of these threats. WildPosh is a multi-actor, transdisciplinary project whose overarching mission and ambition are to significantly improve the evaluation of risk to pesticide exposure of wild pollinators, and enhance the sustainable health of pollinators and pollination services in Europe. As chemical exposure varies geographically, across cropping systems, inside the crop system and among pollinators, we will characterise exposure by doing fieldwork in 4 countries representing the four main climatic European regions, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Continental and Boreal climate in Germany, England, Estonia and Spain. We will also develop experiments in controlled conditions on different species of bees, syrphid flies, moths and butterflies, and collect in silico data on their traits and on toxicity of pesticides. With WildPosh, we aim to achieve the following objectives:
1. Determining the real-world agrochemical exposure profile of wild pollinators at landscape level, within and among sites;
2. Using integrated and controlled laboratory and semi-field experiments to characterise causal relationships between pesticides and pollinator health;
3. Building an open database on pollinator traits/distribution and chemicals to define exposure and toxicity scenarios by developing databases on ecological traits and the spatial distribution of pollinators in relation to their potential exposure to pesticide;
4. Proposing integrated systems-based risk assessment tools for risk assessment for wild pollinators; and
5. Driving policy and practice through interactive innovation, meeting the need for monitoring tools, novel and innovative screening protocols for practice and policymaker use.
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