Help monitor insect populations in UK, Ireland and France! Put a splat-o-meter on your car www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved...

Sounds an excellent tool for farmers to use, but how can we ensure they will?

Some bees collect pollen by pressing and rubbing their entire bodies against flowers, a behavior scientists classify as body-rubbing pollen collection. To the human eye, it looks like bees are literally taking a pollen bath!🥰 📚Portman et al. (2019), Journal of Hymenoptera Research

🧵1/5 Can we protect crops and pollinators at the same time? A new Butterfly project report offers a practical answer: smarter pesticide choices⬇️ 📄 butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

The wave of special guests at #VALORmeets2026 continues. This time, Adam Vanbergen joined online to showcase the work that is currently being done in @agri4pol.eu 🐝🚜 👉Discover the project here: agri4pol.eu

🌱🐝 Spotlight on ProPollSoil project at #VALORmeets2026. Astrid Newmann presented the project and highlighted the importance of soul health for pollinators. They aim to protect and restore soils and their associated soil-dependent pollinators. 👉Learn more about the project: www.propollsoil.eu

@naturealexk.bsky.social, coordinator of the @restpoll.bsky.social, presented the project and its objectives at #VALORmeets2026 🐝 VALOR and RestPoll work closely together, strengthening collaboration across projects. 🤝 👉 Check out the RestPoll e-learning platform: restpoll.eu/e-learning/

What do bees smell like? Take the @restpoll.bsky.social bee-scent quiz #pollinators restpoll.eu/e-learning/

Guess who made a guest appearance at #VALORmeets2026? 👀🦋 @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social, coordinator of the @butterfly-project.bsky.social, joined the AGM online to introduce the project, its objectives, and share updates on their current work. 👉Discover the project here: butterfly-europe.eu

👉73% of globally traded crops depend on pollinators. 👉36% of global food production depends on pollination. At VALOR AGM1, @naturealexk.bsky.social presented updates to the crop pollination dependence database and plans for its upcoming publication. #VALORmeets2026

VALOR coordinator, Tom Breeze presented cross-project scenarios and their use in VALOR, providing background on the conducted workshop, the scenarios, presenting the different scenario pathways, and outlining the strategy for how these scenarios will be used to generate impact. #VALORmeets2026

At the VALOR Annual General Meeting in Wageningen today, Tom Breeze presents draft Cross-Project Scenarios by @butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu and @wildposh.eu - narratives for exploring the future of #pollinators in the EU

✈️ AGRI4POL travels to Wageningen, the Netherlands! The project materials were showcased at the fellow pollinator-related project, @valor-project.eu's first Annual General Meeting. #VALORmeets2026

📢Live: Agata Warchalska-Troll presented the work on the social and cultural value of pollinators, sharing insights from recent interviews in Poland and outlining upcoming activities in the Netherlands and the Canary Islands, including interviews and workshops planned for 2026. #VALORmeets2026

VALOR AGM1 continues. Richard Walters presented Task 3.3: “Modelling landscape-level pollination service delivery”, part of Work Package 3: Pollinator dependencies of natural ecosystems. 👉 Take a look at VALOR’s work packages here: valor-project.eu/work-packages #VALORmeets2026

Making the Implicit Explicit: Documenting the Hidden Assumptions in Conceptual Models The assumptions and simplifications captured in the conceptual model of an environmental system are a considerable source of uncertainty. How to make these explicit? #KQA onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Now in session: David Kleijn (Wageningen University) presenting Task 3.1 and Task 3.2 on plant response diversity and pollinator interaction network cascades. 🌿🐝 #VALORmeets2026

#VALORmeets2026 begins today in Wageningen!📍 Stay with us for live updates from VALOR’s first Annual General Meeting. 🐝 The meeting opened with a welcome from coordinator Tom Breeze.

PollineERA was recently featured in the latest newsletter of our partner institution @beelifeeu.bsky.social, highlighting ongoing project work and collaboration. 👉 Read the newsletter online: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/beelife...

🙌Yes, it’s possible: there are pathways to well-being and a safe climate without growth.🌍 New reseach by ICTA-UAB, @unil.bsky.social and IIASA @aljosaslamersak.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

De Fairphone (Gen 6) met Murena /e/ OS is bijzonder, want het is een Android-telefoon zonder Google. En dat kan eigenlijk heel goed, weg bij big tech. #Tweakers

Animal pollination emerged 280 million years ago. Currently, 90% of flowering plant species, including most crops, require animals to maximize their reproduction. However, human-induced rapid environmental change is threatening these mutualistic interactions. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

🧵1/5 🌍 How do pollinators, people, and landscapes connect across Europe? Our new deliverable offers a powerful starting point. “Territorial diagnosis and Living Lab formulation” (D7.1) lays the groundwork for turning knowledge on pollinators into action. 📄 butterfly-europe.eu/deliverable-...

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

If you're a researcher in Norway who is concerned with the uncritical implementation of LLMs in universities, please consider signing the petition Maria Danielsen, Knut Ørke and Holger Pötzsch at UiT have written. I wrote more about the background on my blog. nettskjema.no/a/602234#/pa...

𝐈𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 '𝐁𝐞𝐞-𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲'? 🐝 The #ButterflyProject researchers are using the EYS tool to grade chemicals from A (Safe) to C (Danger). Tested in Living Labs from 🇪🇸 (Almonds) to 🇳🇴 (Strawberries). Read more: butterfly-europe.eu/en/wp-conten...

Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability Using a bibliometric analysis of more than 4 million scholarly documents, this new study examines the actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An analysis of 4 million academic documents reveals major blind spots in sustainability research. Much of this research focuses on technological solutions but pays too little attention to the role of civil society, the public sector, and financial actors, the study finds: buff.ly/eHrdPgz

#PollinERAmeets2026 starts today in Lund! Partners are gathering for PollinERA’s second Annual General Meeting. Follow along for live updates.

Former Carson Fellow Bron Taylor has made available some lectures and talks that might interest historians of environmentalism. First out is this lecture by Dave Foreman (Earth First!) from 1990, introduced by Bron himself. (1/4) #envhist

How can Europe deliver transformative change for biodiversity? 🗓️ Join our Science-Policy Forum on 21 April (afternoon, online) for discussions on the IPBES TC assessment, KMGBF implemention, EU policy, justice, finance, systemic change and more! www.biodiversa.eu/2026/02/25/s...

Recent publications from Clarissa Leite, @charbelelhani.bsky.social + @davidludwig.bsky.social 1.Regulation in eco systems- buff.ly/IAIF3gk; 2.Closure of Constraints&Individuation of CausalSystems in Bio; 3.Transformative transdisciplinarity: intro to community-based philos- buff.ly/WWDpmpg

Pollinators have been disappearing. It’s time to bring them back! Whether you’re tending a yard, a community garden, a local park, or even just a tiny balcony, our Bring Back the Pollinators program has you covered with guides, videos, free events, & more! Get started ➡️ bringbackthepollinators.org

🐝 🐝 Hace dos semanas lanzamos un Living Lab apoyado por @butterfly-project.bsky.social y @ProPollSoil para demostrar cómo los polinizadores mejoran la productividad y la sostenibilidad agrícola en almendros. Ciencia aplicada para una agricultura más resiliente 🌍 www.um.es/web/sala-pre...

New study shows how the pollination crisis is social in origin. Sociological insights offer the potential for envisioning alternative systems and new ways forward. #pollinators www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Want to dig deeper into negotiations for #ISPCWP1 in Geneva for Wednesday? Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i... #chemicals #waste #pollution

From Wed 28 to Fri 30 of January the partners of the @butterfly-project.bsky.social met for the General Assembly. At BeeLife, we’re proud to collaborate in a network connecting #science, #policy, #economy and #nature to respond to pollinator decline.

Want to dig deeper into Tuesday's talks at the first session of the plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution? Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i... #ISPCWP1

🌎This week, a newly established environmental panel is meeting for the first time in Geneva, and it could shape how the world responds to chemical pollution. Agents of Change fellow @timisneat.bsky.social is currently attending this conference—stay tuned for some on-the-ground updates soon!

This week the first Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution meeting takes place in Geneva. The significance of this new Panel is clear. There are now 127+ Members & many stakeholders working together to #BeatPollution. @unep.org explains more: www.unep.org/isp-cwp

Congratulations to Osvaldo Álvarez Pérez of Chile who was elected the first Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution at the #ISPCWP1 opening plenary. @unep.org looks forward to supporting you & all Panel Members deliver the important mandate of #ISPCWP.

Want to dig deeper into Monday's negotiations at the first session of the plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on #Chemicals, #Waste and #Pollution? Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i... #ISPCWP1

Starting today in Geneva, a new global science-policy panel begins its work on chemicals, waste and pollution. Pollution harms health, economies and ecosystems. This Panel brings science together to support smarter decisions and help #BeatPollution before harm happens: www.unep.org/isp-cwp

The first session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1) is taking place in Geneva. #ISP-CWP The Plenary elected its first Chair: Osvaldo Alvarez Pérez Read the briefings by the @ipcp.bsky.social here: www.ipcp.ch/geneva-brief...

Neonicotinoid Insecticides Cause Deadly Overheating Behavior in Honey Bees, Study Finds beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblo... Scientific article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It is good to see the focus on pension funds investing in #DeepSeaMining in this article. Although some financiers and insurers have excluded deep-sea mining, so far no pension funds have made such a pledge. www.dw.com/en/the-hidde...

Ooh - this one is a keeper. £1 coin with bees on it (and first coin I have seen with CIII on it) @davegoulson.bsky.social fyi

The meeting is coming to a close. Huge thanks to everyone for a wonderful time! 😁 @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social

Have a look at the brand new website of our sibling project, ProPollSoil! www.propollsoil.eu

Here we go! The final day of the meeting. 🦋 Next meeting: Milano, last week of February 2027.