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Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

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  • Simon G. Potts

    (Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading)

  • Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca

    (Biosciences Institute, S. Paulo University, 05508-090 S. Paulo Brazil and Vale Institute of Technology Sustainable Development)

  • Hien T. Ngo

    (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), IPBES Secretariat, UN Campus)

  • Marcelo A. Aizen

    (Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA-CONICET and Centro Regional Bariloche, Universidad Nacional del Comahue)

  • Jacobus C. Biesmeijer

    (Naturalis Biodiversity Center
    Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam)

  • Thomas D. Breeze

    (Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading)

  • Lynn V. Dicks

    (School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia)

  • Lucas A. Garibaldi

    (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))

  • Rosemary Hill

    (CSIRO Land and Water and James Cook University Division of Tropical Environments and Societies)

  • Josef Settele

    (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ
    iDiv, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Halle-Jena-Leipzig)

  • Adam J. Vanbergen

    (NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate)

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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  • Simon G. Potts & Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca & Hien T. Ngo & Marcelo A. Aizen & Jacobus C. Biesmeijer & Thomas D. Breeze & Lynn V. Dicks & Lucas A. Garibaldi & Rosemary Hill & Josef Settele & Adam J. Vanb, 2016. "Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being," Nature, Nature, vol. 540(7632), pages 220-229, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:540:y:2016:i:7632:d:10.1038_nature20588
    DOI: 10.1038/nature20588
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