Edukad projektid

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Status and Trends of European Pollinators

acronym: STEP
start: 2010-02-01
end: 2015-01-31
 
programme: FP7 - Euroopa Liidu 7. raamprogramm
sub-programme: ENV - Keskkond, sealhulgas kliimamuutused
instrument: CP-FP - Väikese- ja keskmisemahulised koostööprojektid
call identifier: FP7-ENV-2009-1
project number: 244090
duration in months: 60
partner count: 21
 
abstract: Pollinators form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide vital ecosystem services to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying upon them. STEP will document the nature and extent of these declines, examine functional traits associated with particular risk, develop a Red List of some European pollinator groups, in particular bees and lay the groundwork for future pollinator monitoring programmes. We will also assess the relative importance of potential drivers of such change, including climate change, habitat loss and fragmentation, agrichemicals, pathogens, alien species, light pollution, and their interactions. We will measure the ecological and economic impacts of declining pollinator services and floral resources, including effects on wild plant populations, crop production and human nutrition. STEP will review existing and potential mitigation options, providing novel tests of their effectiveness across Europe. Our work will build upon existing datasets and models, complemented by spatially-replicated campaigns of field research to fill gaps in current knowledge. We will integrate our findings in a policy-relevant framework, creating Evidence-based Decision Support tools. We will also establish communication links to a wide range of stakeholders across Europe and beyond, including policy makers, beekeepers, farmers, academics and the general public. Taken together, our research programme will make great steps towards improving our understanding of the nature, causes, consequences and potential mitigation of declines in pollinator services at local, national, continental and global scales.
partner no and role partner name country contact person web page
1 coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF READING UK Liz Stansfield http://www.rdg.ac.uk
2 partner HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FUER UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH - UFZ DE Annette Schmidt http://www.ufz.de
3 partner SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET SE Ingrid Ragnarsdotter Jajke http://www.slu.se
4 partner STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK NL David Kleijn
5 partner AARHUS UNIVERSITET DK Charlotte Elisabeth Kler http://www.au.dk
6 partner UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UK Patrick Bourke http://www.leeds.ac.uk
7 partner UNIVERSITAET BAYREUTH DE Peter Schindler http://www.uni-bayreuth.de
8 partner INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE FR Sylvie Modeste http://www.inra.fr
9 partner EIDGENOESSISCHES VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT CH Peter Neumann
10 partner SUOMEN YMPARISTOKESKUS FI Johanna Hiltunen http://www.environment.fi/syke
11 partner LUNDS UNIVERSITET SE Anne Fogelberg http://www.lu.se
12 partner AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS ES Carlos Manuel Abad Ruiz http://www.csic.es
13 partner Tartu Ülikool EE Martin Zobel http://www.ut.ee
14 partner Pensoft Publishers Ltd BG Lyubomir Penev http://www.pensoft.net
15 partner UNIVERSITAET BERN CH Helga Rodriguez http://www.unibe.ch
16 partner University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences RS Marija Jovanov http://www.pmf.uns.ac.rs
17 partner UNIVERSITE DE MONS BE Pierre Rasmont http://www.umons.ac.be
18 partner UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI PL Michal Woyciechowski http://www.uj.edu.pl
19 partner UNIVERSITA DI PISA IT Massimo Bacci http://www.unipi.it
20 partner University of the Aegean-Research Unit EL Theodora Petanidou http://www.aegean.gr
21 partner JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG DE Christian Gloggengiesser http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de