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DISCUSSION No. 131   •   FSN Forum digest No. 1257

How can we protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices?

 

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Dear Members,

The discussion How can we protect pollinators and promote their role in environmental and agricultural practices? has come to an end, and we would like to thank all participants for taking their time to post their thoughts and share their experiences.

Below we share the summaries of the latest comments received and the concluding remarks of James Edge, facilitator of the discussion.

Your contributions provide very interesting ideas and information on initiatives to promote pollinators. They will be summarized over the next weeks, and the summary will be disseminated in order to raise awareness and stimulate further exchanges on this important topic.

All comments received are available on the webpage, where you can also download the full proceedings and access the background material.

We look forward to the upcoming discussion, which will focus on how to maximize the potential of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition.

Your FSN Forum Team

 

 

James Edge, facilitator of the discussion

Thank you everyone who has taken part in this interesting discussion on the role of pollinators and promoting their role in environmental and agricultural practices.

James Edge

Responses were received from all over the world – pollination is clearly an issue that is widespread and topical.

The result is a diverse range of priorities and practical solutions to promoting pollinators in agriculture – many of which can be adapted to a range of local conditions. Information about how we can protect pollinators seems to be available, but more work needs to be done to raise awareness, answering questions such as What is pollination? Which species are pollinators? Why is pollination so important?.

In addition, more training and support is needed to promote pollinator-friendly practices. These issues, and, in particular, the question how we can tackle the human-induced challenges to pollinator species – especially the use of pesticides, habitat loss and climate change – need to be raised at a policy level.

These lessons will be shared through FAO networks and remain online as a valuable resource.

Thank you again for all your contributions.

James Edge

 

CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED

iconFrank Eyhorn, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, Switzerland

Frank argues that reducing the use of agrochemicals is crucial for promoting pollinators and stresses that replacing pesticides by biocontrol means is a very promising approach. He also shares links to websites on which information regarding the recent developments in this field can be found.

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iconAssan Ngombe, UNDP – Global Policy Centre on Resilient Ecosystems and Desertification, Kenya

Assan argues that in order to promote pollinator-friendly practices, more research is needed to enhance the understanding of the impact of human activities on pollinators. He also stresses that addressing the pollinator decline requires a multisector approach and context-specific solutions.

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iconBibhu Santosh Behera, Ouat Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Bibhu shares the programme of a Farmer Field School training that aims to promote sustainable agricultural practices, and which will be organized in India.

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