How do we protect pollinators and maximise beneficial insects?

Related UKRI funded projects

• To exchange knowledge between researchers working on pollinating insects across the NERC remit, and stakeholders interested in conserving pollinators

  The value of insect pollination of agricultural crops in the UK is estimated at £440 million, with over half of the pollination service thought to come from wild pollinators rather than managed honey bees . In resp...

  Funded by: NERC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project aims to exchange knowledge between researchers and stakeholders interested in conserving pollinators, and develop strong long-term links between researchers and end-users.

• Safeguarding Pollination Services in a Changing World: theory into practice (SURPASS2)

  Insect pollinators have undergone declines across the world, a result of factors including intensive agriculture, habitat loss, climate change and invasive species. This represents a major concern in Latin America (LATAM...

  Funded by: NERC

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project aims to deliver evidence for the creation of resilient pollination services, and establish interconnected work packages that build capacity to manage pollination services.

• PollenNet: Using pollinators to increase farm resilience

  The COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated ongoing challenges with meeting pollination needs to ensure optimal crop yields in fruit trees and many other crops. Bee farmers have been unable to replenish bee populations as impor...

  Funded by: Innovate UK

  Why might this be relevant?

  The project specifically addresses the question by proposing innovative solutions to protect pollinators and maximize beneficial insects.

• Sensibee pollinator monitoring and identification: more accessible, reliable, autonomous, and accurate

  How are the bees doing? And the butterflies? Hoverflies? Ladybirds? Wasps? **The U.K. hosts 1,500 species of insect pollinators**. They are beautiful. We need them to produce fruits and nuts. Flowering plants need them t...

  Funded by: Innovate UK

• Sustainable pollination services for UK crops

  Pollination is a key ecosystem service, vital to the maintenance both of wild plant communities and agricultural productivity. Insect pollination, mostly by bees, is necessary for production in 84% of all crops in the Eu...

  Funded by: BBSRC

• Sustainable Management of Orchard Pollination Services

  Insect pollinators provide a vital ecosystem service supporting crop pollination and reproduction in wild plants. Reported declines in pollinators threaten this service and could have serious implications for food securi...

  Funded by: BBSRC

• Integrating ecology and genetics for insect pest control

  Pest insects do enormous damage to human health (through transmission of diseases such as dengue fever and malaria) and to agriculture (through damage to crops or livestock). Insecticide resistance has been reported in m...

  Funded by: BBSRC

• Improving urban habitat management for insect pollinators and people

  This fellowship will improve the value of UK urban areas for insect pollinators by working with important stakeholder groups including urban land managers, policymakers, conservation practitioners, business, academic res...

  Funded by: NERC

• TROPICAL - Translating Research Opportunities to enhance Pollination benefits to economically Important Crops And improve Livelihoods

  The University of Reading team of PI and Co-Is on this proposal have been at the forefront of developing and testing the science underpinning the optimisation of pollination service delivery to improve the yield and qual...

  Funded by: BBSRC

• Using bee models to support decision-making in the implementation of the National Pollinator Strategy in Cornwall

  Recent pollinator declines raise serious concerns about the future of pollination ecosystem services for wild flowers and some crops in agricultural landscapes. In response, the UKs National Pollinator Strategy (NPS) has...

  Funded by: NERC