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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Potts, Simon G.
• Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera
• Ngo, Hien T.
• Aizen, Marcelo A.
• Biesmeijer, Jacobus C.
• Breeze, Thomas D.
• Dicks, Lynn V.
• Garibaldi, Lucas A.
• Hill, Rosemary
• Settele, Josef
• Vanbergen, Adam J.

Titel

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

Ist Teil von

• Nature (London), 2016-12, Vol.540 (7632), p.220-229

Ort / Verlag

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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 numerous threats, including 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. Wild and managed pollinators are threatened by pressures such as environmental changes and pesticides, leading to risks for pollinator-dependent crop production, meaning more research and better policies are needed to safeguard pollinators and their services. Take care of the pollinators Pollinators provide numerous goods and services to society, and help to maintain ecosystem health and function, but their numbers are in decline in several parts of the world. In this Review, Simon Potts et al . synthesize data on the current status of pollinators, outline the main drivers of their decline, and discuss the policy and management intervention that can help to safeguard their survival.