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Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) @ieep.eu · 2d

2️⃣ Citizen science provides valuable data for monitoring while serving as a powerful awareness-raising tool for the wider public

🐝Do you want to know more? Read our guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban areas written within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu⬇️

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Guidelines for monitoring pollinators in urban habitats

This guidance aims to bring tools and knowledge for cities to use pollinators as indicators of their urban greening and carry out pollinator monitoring.

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 2d

A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates how individual seed set in two wild plant species in herbaceous agroecological infrastructure is affected by spatio-temporal heterogeneity in floral resources and plant–pollinator interactions across multiple ecological scales 🌱

🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 6d

What motivates people to protect #pollinators? 🐝

Find out in this week's stakeholder summary, part of the #SafeguardSummaries collection: lnkd.in/dJ5QxyYr

📝 The summary reflects on the results of the 2024 study by Safeguard partners: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

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BioAgora project @bioagora.eu · 7d

🙌We thank @safeguard-pollinators.eu for highlighting BioAgora and its efforts to build up the Science Service for Biodiversity in their latest newsletter!

👀Access it below:

#Science4Biodiversity

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 8d

Curious about our work for the past few months? 👀

We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝

Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 8d

Curious about our work for the past few months? 👀

We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝

Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 12d

This week, explore a 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigating the mate-guarding investment of Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) #butterflies 🦋

🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 13d

Earlier this month, a game-based workshop by @safeguard-pollinators.eu and @bioagora.eu in Brussels, Belgium, explored the intersection of #policy & practice in responding to the pressures facing #pollinators 🐝

Learn more: lnkd.in/dXz3gmtg

@ieep.eu | @inrae-france.bsky.social

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 14d

Did you know that habitat size and quality are crucial for conserving #PollinatorDiversity? 🐝

Discover practical measures to support pollinator conservation in human-altered landscapes in the new edition of the #SafeguardSummaries collection here: lnkd.in/di9xfA_6

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 15d

In our continuous efforts to make research accessible to everyone, we recently complemented our collection of practice abstracts on #WildPollinator conservation with five new practical recommendation materials. 📝

🔎 Learn more: lnkd.in/d_YP62Rx

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 20d

This week, discover a global meta-analysis of the effects of animal #pollination on food crop quality 🌾

📊 The #SafeguardResearch shows #pollinators improve fruit & vegetable appearance and shelf life, while having smaller effects on nutrition.

Read more in the study: doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 28d

It's day two of #Ento25 in Glasgow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Head up to our stand on 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 to learn all about our entomology journals and EU projects. 🐜🐝

@royentsoc.bsky.social

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 27d

🐝 Conserving pollinators starts with knowing who’s out there.

Take a look at the 2023 annotated checklist of the #WildBees of Europe, co-authored by Safeguard partners from the University of Mons.

Read the publication here: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · 29d

If you happen to visit Glasgow this week, find us at #Ento25 at @pensoft.net's exhibition stand on level three & discover Safeguard's policy brief, along with some stakeholder summaries of key #wildpollinator project publications. 🐝

Learn more about the conference: www.royensoc.co.uk/event/ento25/

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Sep 5

New #SafeguardResearch investigates the effectiveness of urban pollinator-promoting interventions across Europe 🐝

The study examined whether pollinator-promoting interventions have positive effects on vegetation, floral resources & a broad range of #pollinator groups.

🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Sep 3

Did you know that restoring forests in intensively managed, forest-poor agricultural landscapes has strong potential to support diverse #PollinatorCommunities? 🐝

Discover all insights from the 2025 Safeguard paper in the new edition of the #SafeguardSummaries series: lnkd.in/df9fRwaQ

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 29

📚 #SafeguardResearch presents a systematic map methodology to catalogue and evaluate #pollinator tools in agricultural landscapes.

👉 This work will support researchers, managers & policymakers in choosing effective tools for #PollinatorProtection.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/2688...

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ANTENNA Project @pollinators-antenna.eu · Aug 28

🎥 We’re excited to announce the release of ANTENNA's intro video.

The video captures the essence of the project, featuring interviews with project partners. Watch to learn how #ANTENNA makes technology work for monitoring #pollinators: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uig...

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · Aug 22

👍 Make sure to follow the @safeguard-pollinators.eu project & their new social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries!🖱️

Funded by #Horizon2020, @safeguard-pollinators.eu aims at reversing the loss of wild #pollinators across Europe through increased understanding!

#EUpollinators #biodiversity

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 18

We're introducing a new set of stakeholder summaries of key project publications and a relaunch of the social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries! 🐝

Stay tuned! The first summary is coming up tomorrow. 👀

🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 28

The first plant-pollinator interaction network at the European level, depicting pollinator relationships with plants across the continent!🐝

Learn how interactions are organised & what implications they have for #PollinatorConservation: lnkd.in/dErniJ8B

#SafeguardSummaries @ibartomeus.bsky.social

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 22

A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates whether environmental conditions favouring #pollinators are positively associated with the provision of multiple ecosystem services across 3 habitats 🐝🌱

Read the study here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 20

🔔 New Safeguard Stakeholder Summary is out!

It summarises a study on the effects of extensive mowing and annual flower sowing on vegetation, floral resources and #pollinators in Hungary.

Read it here 👉 lnkd.in/d7_ygEpB

#SafeguardSummaries

Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Aug 18

We're introducing a new set of stakeholder summaries of key project publications and a relaunch of the social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries! 🐝

Stay tuned! The first summary is coming up tomorrow. 👀

🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Jul 23

This week we celebrate the #NationalMothWeek2025 🦋

Safeguard Project joins the mission of raising awareness about #mothing - the practice of attracting, observing, identifying, and documenting #moths for enjoyment or scientific study. 🔎

Find out how you can contribute here: nationalmothweek.org

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MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology @merge-master.bsky.social · Jul 21

We’re excited to launch our Double Degree Master’s in Global Change Ecology – a unique collaboration between the University of Würzburg (Germany) and the University of Bergen (Norway)! Passionate about biodiversity🐛, ecosystems🗻, and today’s urgent environmental challenges🌍? This program is for you!

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Safeguard Project @safeguard-pollinators.eu · Jul 23

Introducing MERGE - Master of Global Change Ecology (@merge-master.bsky.social) – a new Double Degree Master’s Program in #GlobalChangeEcology to boost #pollinator research at the European level 🐝🌱

Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

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