Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

Potts, S. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-980X, Imperatriz-Fonseca, V., Ngo, H. T., Aizen, M. A., Biesmeijer, J. C., Breeze, T. D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-8354, Dicks, L. V., Garibaldi, L. A., Hill, R., Settele, J. and Vanbergen, A. J. (2016) Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being. Nature, 540 (7632). pp. 220-229. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: 10.1038/nature20588

Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/68277
Identification Number/DOI	10.1038/nature20588
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Sustainable Land Management > Centre for Agri-environmental Research (CAER) Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Crop Science
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
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