Objetivo
Pollinators form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide vital ecosystem services to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying upon them. STEP will document the nature and extent of these declines, examine functional traits associated with particular risk, develop a Red List of some European pollinator groups, in particular bees and lay the groundwork for future pollinator monitoring programmes. We will also assess the relative importance of potential drivers of such change, including climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, agrichemicals, pathogens, alien species, light pollution, and their interactions. We will measure the ecological and economic impacts of declining pollinator services and floral resources, including effects on wild plant populations, crop production and human nutrition. STEP will review existing and potential mitigation options, providing novel tests of their effectiveness across Europe. Our work will build upon existing datasets and models, complemented by spatially-replicated campaigns of field research to fill gaps in current knowledge. We will integrate our findings in a policy-relevant framework, creating Evidence-based Decision Support tools. We will also establish communication links to a wide range of stakeholders across Europe and beyond, including policy makers, beekeepers, farmers, academics and the general public. Taken together, our research programme will make great steps towards improving our understanding of the nature, causes, consequences and potential mitigation of declines in pollinator services at local, national, continental and global scales.
Ámbito científico
- /ciencias agrícolas/agricultura, silvicultura y pesca/agricultura
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
FP7-ENV-2009-1
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Régimen de financiación
CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project
Coordinador
RG6 6AH Reading
United Kingdom
Participantes (21)
04318 Leipzig
750 07 Uppsala
6708 PB Wageningen
8000 Aarhus C
LS2 9JT Leeds
La participación finalizó
95447 Bayreuth
75007 Paris Cedex 07
3003 Bern
00790 Helsinki
22100 Lund
28006 Madrid
51005 Tartu
1111 Sofia
3012 Bern
21000 Novi Sad
7000 Mons
31007 Krakow
56126 Pisa
81100 Mytilini
97070 Wuerzburg
2333CR Leiden
