Projektin Global Pollinator Watch Päiväkirja

Päiväkirja-arkisto kohteelle heinäkuu 2020

heinäkuu 7, 2020

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

There are a number of drivers for pollinator decline, including habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation, spreading urbanization (including light pollution), overuse of pesticides and herbicides, regional declines in air and water quality, and, of course, the changing climate. But our knowledge about the current decline in pollinators is limited to a few studies, in a few places, in a few different habitats. It is also limited to only a subset of the species that are primarily responsible for pollinating important agricultural resources.

To be able to act with greater certainty to mitigate the specific impacts in a region, managers and scientists need access to more information about which species are being most heavily impacted, which threats can be best addressed, and which solutions are most effective. To date, much of the existing data has been gathered by citizen scientists working together with researchers. Pollinator monitoring is an area where citizen science can be a really useful approach - as evidenced by the many Earthwatch projects that include insects and pollinators as part of their field research. We are now looking to further catalyze this citizen science effort to generate data useful to pollinator conservation efforts globally - by having people collect pollinator data in their backyards, where they work, in nearby parks or as they travel.

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