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Ten policies for pollinators

Authors :
Lynn V. Dicks
Berry J. Brosi
Carmen S. S. Pires
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Simon G. Potts
Riccardo Bommarco
Ariadna Valentina Lopes
Blandina Felipe Viana
Hisatomo Taki
Rosemary Hill
Saul A. Cunningham
Leonardo Galetto
Source :
Science (New York, N.Y.). 354(6315)
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Ten pollinator policies1. Raise pesticide regulatory standards.2. Promote integrated pest management (IPM).3. Include indirect and sublethal ef ects inGM crop risk assessments.4. Regulate movement of managed pollinators.5. Develop incentives, such as insurance schemes,to help farmers benef t from ecosystemservices instead of agrochemicals.6. Recognize pollination as an agricultural inputin extension services.7. Support diversif ed farming systems.8. Conserve and restore ?green infrastructure?(a network of habitats that pollinators can movebetween) in agricultural and urban landscapes.9. Develop long-term monitoring of pollinatorsand pollination.10. Fund participatory research on improvingyields in organic, diversif ed, and ecologicallyintensif ed farming. Fil: Dicks, Lynn V.. University of East Anglia; Reino Unido Fil: Viana, Blandina. Universidade Federal da Bahia; Brasil Fil: Bommarco, Riccardo. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Suecia Fil: Brosi, Berry. Emory University; Estados Unidos Fil: del Coro Arizmendi, María. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México Fil: Cunningham, Saul A.. The Australian National University; Australia Fil: Galetto, Leonardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Hill, Rosemary. James Cook University. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Land and Water; Australia Fil: Lopez, Ariadna V.. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco; Brasil Fil: Pires, Carmen. Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia; Brasil Fil: Taki, Hisatomo. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute; Japón Fil: Potts, Simon G.. University of Reading; Reino Unido

Details

ISSN :
10959203
Volume :
354
Issue :
6315
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Science (New York, N.Y.)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2cac22e105b22691411d48b63f912a2e