Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

doi:10.1038/nature20588

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. 2016 Dec 8;540(7632):220-229.

doi: 10.1038/nature20588. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

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¹ Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK.
² Ecology Department, Biosciences Institute, S. Paulo University, 05508-090 S. Paulo Brazil and Vale Institute of Technology Sustainable Development, Belém 66055-090, Brazil.
³ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), IPBES Secretariat, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn D-53113, Germany.
⁴ Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA-CONICET and Centro Regional Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
⁵ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands.
⁶ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam P.O. Box 94248, The Netherlands.
⁷ School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TL, UK.
⁸ Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede Andina, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mitre 630, CP 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
⁹ CSIRO Land and Water and James Cook University Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, Box 12139, Earlville BC, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia.
¹⁰ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06210 Halle, Germany.
¹¹ iDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
¹² NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK.

PMID: 27894123
DOI: 10.1038/nature20588

Review

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

Simon G Potts et al. Nature. 2016.

. 2016 Dec 8;540(7632):220-229.

doi: 10.1038/nature20588. Epub 2016 Nov 28.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK.
² Ecology Department, Biosciences Institute, S. Paulo University, 05508-090 S. Paulo Brazil and Vale Institute of Technology Sustainable Development, Belém 66055-090, Brazil.
³ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), IPBES Secretariat, UN Campus, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, Bonn D-53113, Germany.
⁴ Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA-CONICET and Centro Regional Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, 8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina.
⁵ Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, Leiden 2300 RA, The Netherlands.
⁶ Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam P.O. Box 94248, The Netherlands.
⁷ School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TL, UK.
⁸ Instituto de Investigaciones en Recursos Naturales, Agroecología y Desarrollo Rural (IRNAD), Sede Andina, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mitre 630, CP 8400, San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.
⁹ CSIRO Land and Water and James Cook University Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, Box 12139, Earlville BC, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia.
¹⁰ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Strasse 4, 06210 Halle, Germany.
¹¹ iDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5e, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
¹² NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Edinburgh EH26 0QB, UK.

PMID: 27894123
DOI: 10.1038/nature20588

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 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.

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