Conservation of endangered pollinators through species action plans

Project Summary

The global decline of pollinators requires targeted action to stop and reverse the negative trend. Strategic conservation planning is a suitable means to develop targeted solutions to preserve threatened species by engaging multiple stakeholders in designing conservation measures. Conservation Action Plans are part of Luxembourg’s National Action Plan for the Preservation of Pollinators (Action 10 “Develop and implement species action plans for certain wild pollinators”).

In the proposed project, we aim to (1) create a priority list of species for which action plans are required (subaction 10.1 of the National Action Plan for Pollinators), (2) adapt the European Action Plan for teasel-plant specialised bees (subactions 10.2 and 10.3 of the National Action Plan for Pollinators) and translate it into a National Action Plan for teasel-plant specialised bees for Luxembourg and implement priority actions, (3) develop a National Action Plan for the Endangered hoverfly Neoascia unifasciata, which has recently been discovered in Luxembourg (subaction 10.2 and 10.3 of the National Action Plan for Pollinators) and implement priority actions, and (4) develop a National Action Plan to create a network of suitable wild pollinator habitats (“buzz-lines”; 10.2, 10.3 and 5.3 of the National Action Plan for Pollinators) and implement priority actions.

The ultimate goal is to improve the status of priority pollinator species by close collaboration with local stakeholders.

Project status

  • Proposal accepted by the Ministre de l’Environnement, du Climat et de la Biodiversité.
  • Host institution: Fondation faune-flore (FFF) @ Research Center, Musée national d’histoire naturelle (MNHNL).
  • Researcher : Balint Andrasi
  • Partners: MECB, Trier University
  • Duration: April 2024 – November 2026

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