This report presents refined options for an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (EU PoMS), based on the work of a technical expert group comprising 26 international experts from 12 countries, with members being representatives of universities, research institutes and NGOs. The work presented here was produced during the second part of the STING project (Science and Technology for Pollinating Insects, running from 2022 to 2024). It provides updated methodological options for the standardised monitoring of wild pollinators (bees, hoverflies, butterflies and moths) for the core scheme of the EU PoMS, taking into consideration the data and knowledge generated by the SPRING (Strengthening Pollinator Recovery through Indicators and Monitoring) and other projects. It also provides a refined proposal for a General Pollinator Indicator to support inter alia a legally binding target on reversing pollinators’ decline, as well as refined options for a Farmland Pollinator Indicator. The report presents options for data management and models to process and harmonise pollinator data, as well as options for future developments of the scheme (including emerging technologies and genomic monitoring). This work supports Priority I of the revised EU Pollinators Initiative, which aims at improving knowledge of pollinator decline, its causes and consequences, and entails the development of a comprehensive European pollinator monitoring system and indicators.
POTTS Simon G.;
BARTOMEUS Ignasi;
BIESMEIJER Koos;
BREEZE Tom;
CASINO Ana;
DAUBER Jens;
DIEKER Petra;
HOCHKIRCH Axel;
HØYE Toke;
ISAAC Nick;
KLEIJN David;
LAIKRE Linda;
MANDELIK Yael;
MONTAGNA Matteo;
MONTERO CASTAÑO Ana;
ÖCKINGER Erik;
OTEMAN Bas;
PARDO VALLE Adara;
POLCE Chiara;
POVELLATO Andrea;
QUARANTA Marino;
ROY David;
SCHWEIGER Oliver;
SETTELE Josef;
STÅHLS-MÄKELÄ Gunilla;
TAMBORRA Marialuisa;
TROOST Gerard;
VAN DER WAL René;
VUJIĆ Ante;
ZHANG Jie;
POTTS, S.G., BARTOMEUS, I., BIESMEIJER, K., BREEZE, T., CASINO, A., DAUBER, J., DIEKER, P., HOCHKIRCH, A., HØYE, T., ISAAC, N., KLEIJN, D., LAIKRE, L., MANDELIK, Y., MONTAGNA, M., MONTERO CASTAÑO, A., ÖCKINGER, E., OTEMAN, B., PARDO VALLE, A., POLCE, C., POVELLATO, A., QUARANTA, M., ROY, D., SCHWEIGER, O., SETTELE, J., STÅHLS-MÄKELÄ, G., TAMBORRA, M., TROOST, G., VAN DER WAL, R., VUJIĆ, A. and ZHANG, J., Refined proposal for an EU pollinator monitoring scheme, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/2005545, JRC138660.
2024-10-18
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC138660
978-92-68-21329-2 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40089,
OP KJ-01-24-098-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138660,
10.2760/2005545 (online),
