Fully booked IPBES Pollinator Symposium
On Thursday 7 December 2017, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at UCPH, SEGES and IPBES in Denmark held the first Danish symposium focusing on wild bees, honeybees and other pollinators.
The Pollination Symposium focused on the significance of pollinators with special emphasis on conservation and management of wild bees and honeybees. The background for this is the accelerating decrease in species diversity and number of bees and other pollinators
- Read about the status of pollinators in IPBES's report: Assessment report of pollinators, pollination and food production 2016 (external link)
To give the participants the latest knowledge and different perspectives on the problem, the program included presentations by both international and Danish researchers, as well as a number of Danish practitioners (download presentations below).
Professor Carsten Rahbek from Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum of Denmark, kicked off the day with an encouraging call for cooperation in order to conserve the Danish pollinators.
Broad participation and great enthusiasm
All seats in the conference hall on Axelborg were occupied. The 120 participants included representatives from 8 municipalities, 3 relevant agencies, 13
The aim of bringing together
Download materials and presentations
- Program (pdf)
- List of participants (pdf)
WELCOME
Introduction to the day (pdf)
Vibeke Langer, University of Copenhagen & Anne E. Eskildsen, SEGES
Welcome speech (pdf)
Carsten Rahbek, University of Copenhagen
PART 1: STATUS, TRENDS AND VALUE OF POLLINATORS AND POLLINATION
Key messages from the IPBES Pollination Assessment (pdf)
Thor Hjarsen, IPBES in Denmark
Current status and trends of wild bees in Denmark (pdf)
Claus Rasmussen, University of Aarhus &
Henning Bang Madsen, University of Copenhagen
Ole Kilpinen, Danish Beekeepers Association
The importance of wild bees and honey bees for crop yield and quality (pdf)
Lise Hansted, University of Copenhagen
PART 2: DRIVERS OF CHANGE
Keynote How much flower-rich habitat is enough for wild pollinators? (pdf)
Lynn Dicks, University of East Anglia
Competition between
Yoko Dupont, University of Aarhus
Keynote Impacts of beekeeping in agricultural landscapes (pdf)
Lina Herbertsson, Lund University
Keynote Current knowledge of pesticide effects on pollinators (not public)
Björn Klatt, Lund University (contact: bjorn.klatt@biol.lu.se)
PART 3: MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
Policy and Strategy for Honeybees in Denmark (pdf)
Kim Holm Boesen, Ministry of Environment and Food
Pollinator initiatives in Danish state forest and nature areas in 2016 (pdf)
Erling Krabbe, Ministry of Environment and Food
Practical examples
- Fauna Plots (pdf) Thyge Nygaard, Danmarks Naturfredningsforening
- Actions for bumblebees (pdf) Jørgen Pedersen, Association of wild bees in Denmark
- Intentionally Wild (pdf) Marianne Zandersen, Aarhus University
- Biosphere Reserve Moen (pdf) Annette Tenberg, Vordingborg Municipality
Keynote What works in pollinator conservation? Recommendations from the best available evidence (pdf)
Lynn Dicks,
Organised by the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at UCPH, SEGES and IPBES in Denmark
Contact
E-mail: thor.hjarsen@snm.ku.dk