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New video highlights Safeguard's achievements in 2024
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In 2024, the Safeguard project worked around the clock to support a healthy world for European wild pollinators.Find out what Safeguard has achieved this year in our new video highlighting some of the project’s most notable accomplishments – from published papers to attended and organised events.Wit (...)
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Holiday wishes from Safeguard
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Safeguard wishes you warm and cheerful holidays buzzing with excitement and laughter!Thank you for supporting us throughout the years in our mission to substantially contribute to Europe’s capacity to reverse the losses of wild pollinators. (...)
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Call for innovative initiatives protecting pollinators: European Bee Award 2024
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If you are involved in innovative initiatives aimed at protecting bees or other pollinators, the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA) invite you to submit your project for this year’s European Bee Award by 6 September 2024.Ever s (...)
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Safeguard was presented at the 8th meeting of the Working Group on Pollinators
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On 26 June 2024, Safeguard was presented at the 8th meeting of the Working Group on Pollinators (WGP), a subgroup of the EU Biodiversity Platform.The WGP, chaired by DG Environment (Unit D.2 "Natural Capital and Ecosystem Health"), brings together the European Commission, Member States' representati (...)
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Call for submissions to Landscape Ecology collection
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The open-access journal Landscape Ecology invites submissions to the collection “Effects of agricultural landscapes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and yield”. Agriculture is the leading cause of farmland biodiversity loss and an associated decline of various ecosystem services. Nevertheless, a (...)
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Open PhD position (m/f/d) in Animal Ecology at the University of Würzburg
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The Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the University of Würzburg seeks applicants for an open PhD position for 36 months starting this year (salary: TV-L 65%). Highly motivated candidates (m/f/d) with a strong interest in wild bees and hoverflies, the consequences of land-use chan (...)
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Safeguard materials showcased at the Europe Day Festival in Budapest
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On Sunday, 12 May 2024, ten thousand people celebrated Europe Day 2024 in the city centre of Budapest, Szabadság Square. The Europe Day festival included free concerts, children's activities and a “20 years – 20 km – EU run" to mark the 20th anniversary since Hungary joined the European Union (2004) (...)
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PhD opportunity in Dijon, France: Pollinators and crop pollination services
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Interested in pursuing a research career and studying pollinators and crop pollination services? We have good news! There is a new PhD opportunity in Dijon, France.The successful PhD candidate will:study the efficacy of flowering strips in supporting the pollinator communities and pollination of a c (...)
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Preserving EU wild pollinators: Safeguard’s Third Annual General Meeting
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Between 20 and 23 February 2024, partners from 25 institutions across 15 countries gathered in Padua, Italy for Safeguard’s third Annual General Meeting to showcase project results and discuss future actions towards sustainable pollination across Europe and reversing the losses of wild pollinators. (...)
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Join the INRAE team: Open permanent position in bee ecotoxicology
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The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE) is recruiting a junior research scientist on bee ecotoxicology to join their team in Avignon, Provence, an important hotspot for bee biodiversity (Mediterranean Basin).This position aims to strengthen the lab e (...)
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Focus on Urban Bee Pastures: Safeguard outputs showcased in Budapest
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On 31 January 2024, project partner Viktor Szigeti from the HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research held an educational public presentation in Budapest, Hungary, sharing insights into plant-pollinator relationships, as well as Safeguard outputs.The presentation, titled: ‘Focus on Urban Bee Pastures: (...)
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Open postdoctoral position at SLU: Honeybee welfare and protection
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The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral position in honeybee welfare and protection at the Department of Ecology. The research group’s main focus is on insect pathology and disease transmission concerning honeybee health, but also bumblebees and wild (...)
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Making results accessible to stakeholders: Safeguard stakeholder summaries
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Following our mission to protect European wild pollinators, Safeguard has published an extensive amount of project publications with great practical value. To make results more understandable and easily available to stakeholders, Safeguard issues a series of stakeholder summaries of key project publ (...)
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Holiday wishes from Safeguard
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Safeguard wishes you a merry Christmas and a joyful new year!Let 2024 bring us BEEautiful moments, laughter and growth!Don't forget to watch our new video, highlighting our main accomplishments in 2023.Find the video here. (...)
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Safeguard’s Open Science Collection featured on CORDIS
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Last month, The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) featured Safeguard and our new open-access collection of research articles on its website.To increase the visibility and recognition of research outcomes on wild bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects, we have (...)
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New video presenting Safeguard's highlights of 2023
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This year has been full of excitement and productivity for us!Find out what Safeguard has achieved in 2023 in our new video highlighting some of the project’s most notable accomplishments – from published papers to attended and organised events.With this video, we would also like to express our deep (...)
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The Safeguard project showcased at the European Bee Award
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The European Bee Award is an annual event, established in 2014 by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Industry Association (CEMA), to acknowledge innovative, efficient, and scalable projects safeguarding bees and pollinators.This year's edition of the European B (...)
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Join the webinar ‘Pollinators in the urban environment’
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The Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators, Promote Pollinators, invites you to their free webinar ‘Pollinators in the Urban Environment’ which will be held on 8 December 2023 at 15:00 CEST.The two-hour online event aims to share knowledge on the relevance of pollinators in the urban environment an (...)
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POLLEN 2024: Call for paper submissions
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The Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Organising Committee invites paper submissions for a panel proposal to its biennial conference taking place in June next year.The POLLEN24 will be held on 10-12 June 2024 both online and on-site in three separate locations – Lima (Peru), Dodoma (Tanzania) and L (...)
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Safeguard study reveals new records for the Serbian wild bee fauna
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In a recent study, researchers, amongst whom Safeguard partners Ante Vujić and Andrijana Andrić of the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences (UNSPMF), present new records for the wild bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Anthophila) of Serbia.Pollinators play a crucial role in our ecosystems by pollinating (...)
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Safeguard at the XII European Congress of Entomology
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Between 16 and 20 October 2023, entomologists from around the globe gathered in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, for the XII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2023). The event, hosted in the Cultural and Conference Center of Heraklion, featured lectures from international experts, numerous symposia, ora (...)
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Safeguard in a nutshell: Discover the project with our new project video
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We are thrilled to announce the release of Safeguard's brand-new introductory video! In just four minutes, the video offers an insightful overview of the project's mission and objectives, as well as the critical issue of wild pollinator declines.The video is now available for viewing on YouTube, so (...)
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A visual window into Safeguard: Our new one-pager is out
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We are excited to reveal our new one-pager which offers a glimpse into Safeguard! Tap into our world and explore how we aim to substantially contribute to reversing the loss of wild pollinators across Europe. The new one-pager encapsulates Safeguard's essence and introduces some of the invaluable pr (...)
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Safeguard launches a collection in Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO)
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In an effort to increase the project’s visibility and improve the dissemination of all publicly available project outputs, Safeguard has recently launched an open research collection in the Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) journal.The RIO journal intends to stimulate a culture shift in research com (...)
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European Bee Award: Call for innovative initiatives protecting pollinators
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Are you involved in any innovative initiatives aimed at protecting bees or other pollinators? If the answer is yes, the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA) invite you to submit your project for this year’s European Bee Award by (...)
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New annotated checklist of the wild bees of Europe (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)
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With over 20,000 species described globally, wild bees are one example of a highly emblematic insect group for which conservation is tightly linked to both human welfare and ecosystem health. In the last two decades, however, high-profile reports have highlighted steep declines in both bee abundance (...)
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The INRAE Safeguard team took part in the annual bee festival APIdays
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Representatives of Safeguard’s partner French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) participated in this year’s bee festival APIdays (les APIdays – Fête des abeilles) in Dijon, France.The public communication event, organised by the city of Dijon and its botanic g (...)
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Safeguard takes part in a new exhibition dedicated to pollinators in Sofia
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Last Wednesday, June 28, 2023, the new temporary exhibition ‘The pollinators we can’t live without’ was officially opened at the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS) in Sofia. Safeguard, along with the projects B-GOOD and PoshBee, presented results related (...)
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New exhibition dedicated to pollinators opens in Sofia
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This press release was originally published by EurekAlert! and AlphaGalileo.On June 28, 2023, at 6 PM (EEST), the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia will present the temporary exhibition ‘The pollinators we can’t live without’.The new exhibition of the N (...)
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Safeguard featured by project partner IEEP
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In a recent article titled “How IEEP and the Safeguard research project are supporting the EU pollinators initiative” project partner IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy presents an overview of the Safeguard project and its purpose.The author of the article, Laure-Lou Tremblay, takes (...)
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Safeguard’s policy brief featured on CORDIS
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Recently, an article titled ‘Pollinators, biodiversity and sustainable development go hand in hand’ was published on the European Commission’s platform CORDIS. The piece presents Safeguard’s policy brief, highlighting the vital relationship between pollinating insects and the UN’s Sustainable Develo (...)
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Revision of the EU Pollinators Initiative: A new deal for pollinators
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On 24 January 2023, the European Commission presented a revised action framework for the 2018 EU Pollinators Initiative. The revision sets out a path for the EU to meet the challenge of pollinator decline and its consequences on food security, human health, quality of life and ecosystems. Together w (...)
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The magical world of pollinators around us
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On 17. January 2023, Safeguard partner Dr. Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki of the Centre for Ecological Research (OK) gave a public presentation in Budapest, Hungary. The presentation titled ‘The magical world of pollinators around us’ focused on the results of an ongoing monitoring study in the bee pastur (...)
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Safeguard's highlights: 2022 at a glance
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2023 is here and the Safeguard team can't wait to see what it will bring us! Would you like to know what Safeguard achieved last year? Let's take a look back on some of our most notable accomplishments from 2022. With this video we also want to express our gratitude to the audience for their support (...)
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Welcome to the Safeguard team, Willem!
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Safeguard is pleased to present its new post-doctoral researcher! Willem Proesmans is a biologist who obtained his PhD at Ghent University on the role of small forest fragments for wild pollinators in intensive agricultural landscapes. After that, he started a postdoc at the French National Research (...)
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Temperature as the main driver shaping wild bee communities
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More than half of the world's population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase. Even if urbanisation is widely regarded as a major threat to global biodiversity, recent research highlighted the potential ecological importance of cities for pollinators. Key determinants of c (...)
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EU Pollinators Initiative: expert consultation workshops report available now
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In mid-2018, the European Commission adopted the first-ever EU Pollinators Initiative, to enable Member States to address the decline of pollinators in the EU and contribute to global conservation efforts. As part of a broader consultation that collects stakeholder views and proposals in the context (...)
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Chinese collaboration project with Safeguard is officially funded
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Recently, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) has announced a key project of "Intergovernmental Cooperation on International Science and Technology Innovation", and our Chinese partners in Safeguard Project have been awarded to participate in this project. (...)
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Florence Damiens joins Safeguard as a new postdoctoral researcher at SLU
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Safeguard is happy to welcome Florence Damiens to the project team! Florence is a social science postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Ecology, SLU University. Florence holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy from The Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and École (...)
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#SafeguardFaces: new campaign presenting the faces behind the project
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At Safeguard, we believe that diversity can drive creativity and innovation. Our team consists of scientists and other professionals, who closely integrate research on ecological, economic, social and policy dimensions of pollinator diversity and multiple ecosystem services. Each member adds value t (...)
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Welcome to new post-doc Zafarani Uwingabire!
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Zafarani Uwingabire is joining Safeguard as a post-doctoral researcher at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAe), Agroecology Joint Research Unit in Dijon, France. She is interested in the analysis and development of sustainable agricultural and foo (...)
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Join the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) webinar!
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Promote Pollinators is hosting an online event in technical cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on September 9th at 15:00 CEST. The webinar will focus on Integrated Pest Management (IPM), the practical way of reducing the use of pesticides, one of the m (...)
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European Bee Award 2022 edition
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Since 2014, the Bee Award is committed to find common solutions for the benefit of biodiversity by rewarding projects protecting pollinators.The European Bee Award is open to everyone.We reward farmers, landowners, research institutes, academia, and private and public organisations who develop outst (...)
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Hungary joins the Promote Pollinators Coalition
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The pollinators of Europe are facing many challenges. Their preservation is of utmost importance since pollination is essential for the continuing function of natural ecosystems and plays a crucial role in agricultural output. Given the growing attention on the values and conservation of pollinators (...)
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A strong proposal for a Nature Restoration Law for EU`s damaged ecosystems
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On 22nd June 2022, the Commission adopted pioneering proposals to restore damaged ecosystems
and bring nature back across Europe, from agricultural land and seas,
to forests and urban environments. Under this proposal for a Nature Restoration Law,
legally binding targets for nature restoration (...)
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Safeguard’s response to the EU Pollinators Initiative revision consultation
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The European Commission held a public consultation to collect views on the implementation of the EU Pollinators Initiative and gather suggestions on how to strengthen the current framework on wild pollinators to meet its long-term objective to reverse the decline of pollinators by 2030. The Safegua (...)
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Join Safeguard: Open Postdoc Position at the Department of Ecology at SLU
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What factors keep pollinator-unfriendly practices in place? A social scientific investigation.The Department of Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences offers a PhD-candidate position in close collaboration with the Department of Urban and Rural Development in Uppsala, Sweden. The (...)
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OPEN POSITION: PhD vacancy in Asian Honey Bee Ecology at University of Würzburg
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The Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, invites applications for a postdoc position to support the examination of the foraging ecology and mechanisms of coexistence of Asian honey bee species (A. cerana, A. dorsata, A. florea). The successful candidate will wor (...)
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Bee highways: how they work and why we need them
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A new article published in The Conversation journal outlines the importance of bee highways in putting a stop to the alarming decline in the insect’s population.Pollinating insects have a crucial role in helping provide the food we eat, the flowers we see and the vast biodiversity on the planet. Bee (...)
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Supporting Ukrainian candidates in future available Safeguard vacancies
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Formed by a pan-European consortium (including China), Safeguard promotes transparency and collaboration between its partners and beyond to guarantee the open, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative science across Europe.In relation to this, we would like to express our tremendous solidarity with the (...)
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Safeguard’s First Annual General Meeting
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Between 5 – 8 April 2022, consortium members and other stakeholders of the Safeguard project met in Seville, Spain, for the project’s first Annual General Meeting (AGM). The three-day-long event was hosted by the University of Seville and entailed informative presentations, in-depth discussions, as (...)
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Two open PhD positions in Ecology at SLU
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Open PhD position in ecology at SLU: join Safeguard now!The Department of Ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences offers a PhD-candidate position in agricultural ecology placed in Uppsala, Sweden.The successful candidate will work as part of Safeguard and will investigate how ecol (...)
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Committee of the Regions adopts opinion on the EU Pollinators Initiative
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At its Plenary Session on 26 January 2022, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) adopted the Opinion "Local and regional authorities accelerating the implementation of the EU Pollinators Initiative". Here, we highlight some of the key calls and commitments outlined in the opinion. The rapporte (...)
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Safeguard featured in ELO's Activity Report and Newsletter
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The European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) is one of Safeguard’s project partners. ELO is committed to promoting a sustainable and prosperous countryside and to increasing awareness relating to environmental and agricultural issues. Engaging various stakeholders, ELO develops policy recommendations (...)
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Open interdisciplinary postdoctoral position at INRAE: join Safeguard now!
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INRAE offers a postdoctoral position in the INRAE Agroecology multidisciplinary research unit in Dijon, France. The successful candidate will work as part of Safeguard, which brings together world-leading researchers, NGOs, industry and policy experts to help Europe reverse the losses of wild pollin (...)
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(2/2) Safeguard community advances with a series of online workshops
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Data synthesis: the workshop delivered informative discussions and insightful feedback about the collection of environmental data. Many ideas about data synthesis were presented and discussed (analysing aspects of diversity; analyses across different habitats etc.). As a next step, the leaders of th (...)
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(1/2) Safeguard community advances with a series of online workshops
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It will be an exaggeration to say that most people barely remember what
working on international projects was like before the COVID-19 pandemic.
But it is true that we got used to “the new normal” – seemingly endless
virtual meetings, repurposing our homes into offices, all our
colleagues su (...)
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Safeguard team members meet for a field workshop in Würzburg, Germany
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Despite the ongoing global pandemic and the many limitations that the world is facing as a result, Safeguard members managed to successfully gather for the first physical meeting of the project, between 29 and 30 November, 2021. Project partners met in Würzburg, Germany where the group took on an ed (...)
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Safeguard is awarded "Project of the Month" by the European Commission
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Each month the European Commission honours a Horizon 2020 project as “Project of the Month”. Safeguard is very glad to announce that the project has achieved this excellence in the month of October 2021 with an article on EC’s primary source of results CORDIS. Safeguard has been recognised to be a c (...)
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Lund University is recruiting
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The Faculty of Science at the Lund University is looking to recruit up to four Associate Senior Lecturers. The successful candidates will be given the opportunity to develop their independence as researchers and teachers.The call is open to all research fields at the Faculty of Science. The employme (...)
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Happy holidays from Safeguard!
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Safeguard wishes you a very happy holiday season and a joyful and prosperous New Year!Photo: Safeguard Holiday card (...)
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