Promote Pollinators invites to join the webinar ‘European monitoring framework for pollinating insects’

Carla Stoyanova | 09/05/2024 09:07:30 | external event

The Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators, Promote Pollinators, is hosting a free webinar ‘European monitoring framework for pollinating insects’ which will be held on 17 May 2024 at 13:15 – 14:45 EAT (12:15 – 13:45 CEST). This free event will focus on the European monitoring framework for pollinating insects at regional, national & local scale.

Program

The webinar will last about 1,5 hours and will be divided into two parts: presentations and a panel discussion between experts.

Presentations

1. The view of a policymaker: Dr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias will present his views on monitoring in the context of policymaking. Dr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dia is Director for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use at the Brazilian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, and former Executive Secretary to the CBD.
2. Overview of the European framework: Dr. Koos Biesmeijer will present the European framework for the monitoring of pollinators seen from a systematic point of view. Dr. Koos Biesmeijer is a leading expert on the topic of pollinators and pollination and scientific director at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Prof. Biesmeijer was one of the co-authors of the IPBES Assessment on pollinators, pollination and food production.
3. Knowledge, skills and technology: Dr. Koos Biesmeijer will also present the way these elements have been addressed in the context of the framework.
4. Citizens science to the next level: Dr. David Roy will present the state of the art on citizens science and how this has been implemented in the European pollinator monitoring framework. Dr. David Roy is head of the Biological Records Centre at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Professor of Ecology at the University of Exeter. He is an expert on environmental monitoring and assessment and has a particular expertise in Citizen Science approaches.
5. The urban context: Dr. Katherine Baldock will give an overview of approaches for monitoring urban environments. Dr. Katherine Baldock is an Associate Professor in Ecology at Northumbria University in the UK. She is a community ecologist with expertise in pollinators and pollination services, particularly in urban landscapes.

Panel discussion

All presenters will participate in a panel discussion on the challenges and barriers encountered during development of the frameworks, and the options to deal with the barriers adequately. The panel will be complemented by Hien Ngo (FAO). 

Want to join? Register here.

Back to news overview