Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors
Wild bees are facing a global decline mostly induced by numerous human factors for the last decades. In parallel, public interest for their conservation increased considerably, namely through numerous scientific studies relayed in the media. In spite of this broad interest, a lack of knowledge and u...
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| description | Wild bees are facing a global decline mostly induced by numerous human factors for the last decades. In parallel, public interest for their conservation increased considerably, namely through numerous scientific studies relayed in the media. In spite of this broad interest, a lack of knowledge and understanding of the subject is blatant and reveals a gap between awareness and understanding. While their decline is extensively studied, information on conservation measures is often scattered in the literature. We are now beyond the precautionary principle and experts are calling for effective actions to promote wild bee diversity and the enhancement of environment quality. In this review, we draw a general and up-to-date assessment of the conservation methods, as well as their efficiency and the current projects that try to fill the gaps and optimize the conservation measures. Targeting bees, we focused our attention on (i) the protection and restoration of wild bee habitats, (ii) the conservation measures in anthropogenic habitats, (iii) the implementation of human made tools, (iv) how to deal with invasive alien species, and finally (v) how to communicate efficiently and accurately. This review can be considered as a needed catalyst to implement concrete and qualitative conversation actions for bees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3c6868864c714801851b9579e4352a7b2023-11-20T14:36:01ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502020-09-0111964910.3390/insects11090649Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the ActorsMaxime Drossart0Maxence Gérard1Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, B-7000 Mons, BelgiumLaboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, B-7000 Mons, BelgiumWild bees are facing a global decline mostly induced by numerous human factors for the last decades. In parallel, public interest for their conservation increased considerably, namely through numerous scientific studies relayed in the media. In spite of this broad interest, a lack of knowledge and understanding of the subject is blatant and reveals a gap between awareness and understanding. While their decline is extensively studied, information on conservation measures is often scattered in the literature. We are now beyond the precautionary principle and experts are calling for effective actions to promote wild bee diversity and the enhancement of environment quality. In this review, we draw a general and up-to-date assessment of the conservation methods, as well as their efficiency and the current projects that try to fill the gaps and optimize the conservation measures. Targeting bees, we focused our attention on (i) the protection and restoration of wild bee habitats, (ii) the conservation measures in anthropogenic habitats, (iii) the implementation of human made tools, (iv) how to deal with invasive alien species, and finally (v) how to communicate efficiently and accurately. This review can be considered as a needed catalyst to implement concrete and qualitative conversation actions for bees.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/11/9/649wild beesinsect pollinatordeclineconservation actionsconservation tools |
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| title | Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors |
| title_full | Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors |
| title_short | Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors |
| title_sort | beyond the decline of wild bees optimizing conservation measures and bringing together the actors |
| topic | wild bees insect pollinator decline conservation actions conservation tools |
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