🌿 On 20 Nov 2025 (09:30–14:00), IUCN will host a hybrid workshop launching the implementation of the EU Action Plans for threatened pollinators. Join in Brussels or online. Registration is open at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Wild #pollinators are essential for global food production but are overlooked in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311

How does animal pollination affect food quality? 🌿 Crops pollinated by animals last longer, look better, and are more nutritious. 🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...

Safeguard has been added to the @bioagora.eu Synergies page! BioAgora is a Horizon Europe project aimed at connecting biodiversity research and policy. Learn more about our joint activities: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

In September, Safeguard and BioAgora held a game-based workshop in Brussels where 24 stakeholders designed pollinator-friendly landscapes and explored the effects of different policy interventions. 🐝🌿 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

Invasive species are among the main culprits of biodiversity loss. This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝 🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640

Why do people choose to help #bees, #flies & #butterflies? 🐝 A study by #Safeguard partners offers answers. 👇 Explore this week's #SafeguardPractices abstract: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...

A 2023 #SafeguardResearch looks into the effects of extensive mowing and annual flower sowing on vegetation, floral resources, and #pollinators in Hungary. 👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1

📝 The first plant-pollinator interaction network in Europe maps the intimate connections between pollinators and the plants they visit. 🔎 Check out the latest #SafeguardPractices: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...

🔍 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch offers a framework for understanding floral resource availability in terms of temporal, spatial & functional structure. The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators. 🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651

Discover the first visual #SafeguardPractices and learn how #WildPollinators interact with managed honeybees and how competition changes in areas with different flowering plant communities. 🌱 www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...

New IUCN Red List data shows worsening trends for Europe’s wild #pollinators: 100 more bee species are now threatened, and the percentage of vulnerable butterfly species is up 76% in a decade. More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

Safeguard study maps European wild #pollinators and centralises information on their geographic distribution. 🗺️ 📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date. 👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680

Introducing #SafeguardPractices - our new social media campaign! 🐝 Each week, we will deliver compact summaries of key project publications, highlighting practical solutions for #pollinator #conservation. Don’t miss the first practice abstract, coming soon! 👀

📝 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch monitoring the #WildBee fauna of Serbia discovers 312 bee species It not only contributes to an update & confirms the bee species list in 🇷🇸, but also enriches the European distribution database, essential for European-level assessment 🐝 🔎 doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107595

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⬇️ ieep.eu/publications...

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...

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...

🙌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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

🐝 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...

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/

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....

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

📚 #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...

🎥 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...

👍 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

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

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...

🔔 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

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...

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

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!

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... @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social

European Bee Award 2025 is here! 🐝 @eurolandorg.bsky.social & John Deere invite projects safeguarding #pollinators in Europe to apply by 15 September 2025! Learn more 🔎 www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

Safeguard’s Safe-Hub introduces a new section on its website – Buzzing Tables! Discover the latest stakeholder discussions on #pollinator-related topics, challenges & solutions, complementing Safeguard's scientific knowledge base. 🐝 🔎 www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

#VALOR has launched a new communication channel - its official website 💻 It will serve as the main hub for project updates, events, outputs, and project overview. 🌐Explore the site and stay informed: valor-project.eu

Butterfly is a 24 partner Horizon Europe RIA project, coordinated by me. It aims to enhance society’s capacity to appraise, foresee, and respond to the threats posed by cascading impacts of pollinator decline. Our website is now live: butterfly-europe.eu Follow us: @butterfly-project.bsky.social

PollinERA has launched an introductory video explaining its new approach to environmental risk assessment, project aims, and methodology.🐝 💻Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGD...

Safeguard partner, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is launching a Call for Proposals under their new European Commission-funded project, the European Fund for Youth Action on #Pollinators. 🐝 🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...

It was a pleasure to present at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social the probabilistic plant pollinator metaweb across Europe that @ibartomeus.bsky.social and I have been working on in collaboration with @ctrlalttim.com. This research has been possible thanks to @csic.es iMove and @safeguard-pollinators.eu

10 Gracias a los muestreos realizados en Doñana durante los últimos 10 años por nuestro equipo, y con el apoyo del proyecto europeo @safeguard-pollinators.eu, estudiamos cómo las redes planta 🌸–polinizador 🐝 responden al cambio climático y a la pérdida de hábitat

📚 #SafeguardResearch presents updated distribution maps of #bumblebees in Hungary 🇭🇺 The paper, co-written by partner Miklós Sárospataki from RCISD, finds that while 7 species showed increasing frequency, 3 other species are recommended for protection by law in Hungary. 📝 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/jhr....

Our science-policy event organised within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu with the European Landowners Organisation showed how farming practices can support pollinators & benefit stakeholders across agri- food chain — with best practices from environmental & policy perspectives More ⬇️