Great to see two #HorizonEurope pollinator projects coming together. 🤝🐝
AGRI4POL coordinator Adam Vanbergen presented our work at the @valor-project.eu's first AGM in Wageningen in the end of March.
🔗 Full update on our website: agri4pol.eu/news/agri4po...
#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
🐝VALOR project coordinator, Tom Breeze, presented the project at the @agri4pol.eu's first Annual General Meeting in Freiburg, Germany.
🧐Want to learn more?
valor-project.eu/news/valor-w...
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PollinERA has been on the move 🐝✈️
Over the past two months, PollinERA materials were displayed at several pollinator-related meetings across Europe.
👉Read the overview of this journey: pollinera-horizon.eu/news/polline...
👥 @wildposh.eu @safeguard-pollinators.eu @agri4pol.eu @valor-project.eu
Watch out for @valor-project.eu tools, research papers, datasets, and policy resources coming to Safe-hub soon. 👀
Two hands passing over a baton symbolising Safeguard passing over the Safe-hub platform to VALOR.
🐝 Safeguard might have come to an end, but Safe-Hub is in good hands!
Following the close of Safeguard, the @valor-project.eu will be taking over Safe-Hub and hosting outputs in a dedicated section. 👀
👉Check out Safe-hub: safeguard-pollinators.eu
📢🎓 PhD opportunity in Environmental Economics!
Our partner, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, is looking for two doctoral students to conduct research in environmental and natural resource economics. 🌱📊
🗓️ Application deadline: 7 April 2026
👉 Apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
🤔Want to know what happened at VALOR's first Annual General Meeting?
💻Take a look at our comprehensive news article covering the meeting:
valor-project.eu/news/valor-p...
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A special thank you to @w-u-r.bsky.social for hosting and organising the meeting. 💛
A big thank you to the entire VALOR consortium for a productive and inspiring first Annual General Meeting in Wageningen, the Netherlands. 💛
Two days of discussions, collaboration and knowledge exchange helped move our work forward. 🐝
#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
🐝Did you know Advances in Pollinator Research is now on LinkedIn too?
🌻Follow our showcase page for the latest #pollinatorscience research and journal news 👇
www.linkedin.com/showcase/adv...
#pollinator #science #pollination #research #pollinators #conservation #ecology #biology
Closing #VALORmeets2026.
The AGM concluded with Tom Breeze presenting cross-project synergies, highlighting what different projects are working on and how collaboration can be strengthened across initiatives. 🤝🐝
A great way to close two days of discussions, exchange, and collaboration.
@naturealexk.bsky.social, coordinator of the @restpoll.bsky.social, presented the project and its objectives at #VALORmeets2026 🐝
VALOR and RestPoll work closely together, strengthening collaboration across projects. 🤝
👉 Check out the RestPoll e-learning platform: restpoll.eu/e-learning/
🌱🐝 Spotlight on ProPollSoil project at #VALORmeets2026.
Astrid Newmann presented the project and highlighted the importance of soul health for pollinators. They aim to protect and restore soils and their associated soil-dependent pollinators.
👉Learn more about the project: www.propollsoil.eu
The wave of special guests at #VALORmeets2026 continues.
This time, Adam Vanbergen joined online to showcase the work that is currently being done in @agri4pol.eu 🐝🚜
👉Discover the project here: agri4pol.eu
Guess who made a guest appearance at #VALORmeets2026? 👀🦋
@jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social, coordinator of the @butterfly-project.bsky.social, joined the AGM online to introduce the project, its objectives, and share updates on their current work.
👉Discover the project here: butterfly-europe.eu
Continuing AGM: Sandra Kurniawati (SLU) presented Task 5.3 on modelling the economic consequences of pollinator decline for agriculture and food trade. 🐝🌍
The work explores how pollinator declines could affect agricultural production, trade, and economic welfare across countries.
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📢 #VALORmeets2026 floor goes to Jelena Meinilä and Subij Shakya (@helsinki.fi), who are presenting research on the importance of pollinators for health and nutrition in Europe. 🐝
Their work explores diets, nutritional adequacy, food substitutions, and health implications linked to pollination.🥕🍏
👉 On VALOR AGM: Yujie Zhang (@w-u-r.bsky.social) is presenting early insights from the survey exploring how post-farm value chain actors engage with the topic of wild pollinators.
▶️📋There's still time to contribute to her research, take the survey: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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Now in discussion at #VALORmeets2026💬
Tsenka Garova (@pensoft.net) is presenting VALOR’s communication, dissemination, and impact activities, including open-access collection, and project synergies 📢🐝 Leading to a great discussion on how to make our communication even more impactful and accessible.
📌 In session at VALOR AGM1: Attendees broke out into discussion groups to discuss potential ways to enrich the ENCORE tool.
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📢Day 2 of #VALORmeets2026 is underway!
The morning session opened with Bethan Henderson (@unepwcmc.bsky.social), who shared insights from a user needs study on pollinator tools, conducted with
@restpoll.bsky.social. She further reviewed the ENCORE tool, including potential future development. 🛠️🐝
👉73% of globally traded crops depend on pollinators.
👉36% of global food production depends on pollination.
At VALOR AGM1, @naturealexk.bsky.social presented updates to the crop pollination dependence database and plans for its upcoming publication.
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Next presenting at VALOR AGM1 is Carlos Ruiz (University of La Laguna). He reviewed the vulnerability of pollination services across different European biogeographic regions. Work done i scope of Work Package 2: Synthesising knowledge on the role and status of pollination services
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👉 At #VALORmeets2026, Maureen Page (University of Freiburg) presented the work on identifying key European pollinators, focusing on synthesising current knowledge on the most abundant visitors of crop and wild plants.
She shared plans for data gathering and early ideas for the analysis.
🔛 #VALORmeets2026, Agata Warchalska-Troll took the stage again to present work on quantifying links between non-monetary pollination services and people.
The aim is to identify services and disservices linked to pollinators and connect them to stakeholder groups, along with further research.
At the VALOR Annual General Meeting in Wageningen today, Tom Breeze presents draft Cross-Project Scenarios by @butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu and @wildposh.eu - narratives for exploring the future of #pollinators in the EU
VALOR coordinator, Tom Breeze presented cross-project scenarios and their use in VALOR, providing background on the conducted workshop, the scenarios, presenting the different scenario pathways, and outlining the strategy for how these scenarios will be used to generate impact.
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Margherita Genua (ELO) presented updates on VALOR focal regions and the co-development of value narratives with regional stakeholders.
The work explores how different actors understand, interact with, and value pollinators, and what information they need to support decision-making.
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✈️ AGRI4POL travels to Wageningen, the Netherlands!
The project materials were showcased at the fellow pollinator-related project, @valor-project.eu's first Annual General Meeting.
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📢Live: Agata Warchalska-Troll presented the work on the social and cultural value of pollinators, sharing insights from recent interviews in Poland and outlining upcoming activities in the Netherlands and the Canary Islands, including interviews and workshops planned for 2026.
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