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
Cross-project synergies in action at VALOR AGM🤝
#VALORmeets2026 #EUPollinators
📍Currently: PollinERA project materials are displayed at @valor-project.eu's first Annual General Meeting in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Grab one if you're there!
▶️Follow #VALORmeets2026 to get live updates from the event.
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VALOR featured at #PollinERAmeets2026 in Lund!
🐝Promotional materials were displayed at @pollinera-horizon.eu's second Annual General Meeting, an event hosted by our shared partner Lund University.
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‼️Important news:
European Red List assessments for hoverflies and butterflies are already published, with bees and moths to follow later in 2026.
#Conservation #EUPollinators
Panellists welcomed the incoming EU mandatory pollinator monitoring, set to begin in 2026.
The data it generates will be critical for evaluating National Restoration Plans.
#EUPollinators #Biodiversity
📢A recurring theme in today's discussion: to commit to long-term biodiversity measures, farmers need stable policies, fair compensation, and continued support.
#EUPollinators #CAP
⚡Pollinators are vital for our food, nature, and future, and your voice can help protect them. The Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators has some questions for you!
🐝Explore the platform and take part in the consultation: panoramic.make.org/en/partner/e...
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📊New research highlights the conservation value of calcareous grasslands for wild bees.
🔎Monitoring across 32 sites in southern Belgium revealed 102 species, 17 listed as threatened nationally.
#EUPollinators
Infographic: "What is SEN-PollColl? (Supporting and Enhancing a Network of Pollinator Collections throughout Spain). SEN-PollColl is a European project based in Spain and derived from previous project INC-STEP (TETTRIsEU) to build a reference pollinator collection in Spain. This project aims to strengthen collaboration among regional pollinator collections and enhance their role in research and conservation."
We are taking flight! 🪰
🌱 We are pleased to announce the start of SEN-PollColl, a project funded by IUCNSOS and firmly grounded in the taxonomy network, workflows, and experience developed under the INC-STEP project.
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🦠 A new #SafeguardResearch examines how viruses spread between managed honey bees and wild pollinators - and the results challenge some common assumptions.
👉 Read the full study: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#EUPollinators #honeybees #wildpollinators
In a first-of-its-kind #SafeguardResearch, a team from Wageningen University evaluates the ecological effectiveness of a landscape-level collaborative conservation initiative targeting wild bees. 🐝
👉 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#EUPollinators #bees #conservation
Photo credit: Olivia Charles
Photo credit: Olivia Charles
Photo credit: Olivia Charles
🐝 BioAgora joined the Buzz in the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators!
🤔How can young people help shape the future of EU #biodiversity governance?
🤩YCAP offers a powerful example of how participatory processes can meaningfully contribute to EU policymaking.
#Science4Biodiversity #EUPollinators
🐝 A #SafeguardResearch takes a closer look at plant-pollinator networks by focusing on network motifs - the repeated patterns that make up larger ecological systems.
👉 Read the full study: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
#EUPollinators
Fortunately representatives for the organic farming industry and representatives for EU farmers & landowners are also here to add valuable opinions and knowledge to the conversation. #EUPollinators
A new species of pantaloon bee, Dasypoda (Heterodasypoda) radchenkoi, was discovered in the limestone mountains of south-western Spain in 2023.
Learn more in this week’s #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.47446/OSM...
#EUPollinators #BeeDiscovery #EndemicSpecies #Heterodasypoda
📢 WildPosh coordinator Denis Michez held an online presentation titled Continuity in data management plan: examples of the Horizon projects PoshBee and WildPosh at Living Data 2025.
🔗 Learn more about the event: wildposh.eu/news/wildposh-join-living-data-2025
#WildPoshTravels #EUPollinators
People power works. Vujadin Kovacevic talks about the importance of the Save the Bees and Farmers petition and campaign and how it helped lead to real tangible action for pollinators. #EUpollinators
#Pollinators are crucial #ForOurPlanet As we start going #BackToSchool, let's learn more about #EUPollinators, and why we need to protect them. Visit the #PollinatorPark for a better understanding of why we really need them in our lives environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/natur... #ActOnClimate #bees
👍 Make sure to follow the @safeguard-pollinators.eu project & their new social media campaign: #SafeguardSummaries!🖱️
Funded by #Horizon2020, @safeguard-pollinators.eu aims at reversing the loss of wild #pollinators across Europe through increased understanding!
#EUpollinators #biodiversity
Interested in PollinERA's developments and announcements? 🐝
📩 Subscribe to our newsletter and stay up-to-date here: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/913204...
#EUpollinators #PollinERA #newsletter #EnvironmentalRiskAssessment
🔔The @IUCN & @EU_ENV European #Fund for #Youth Action on #EUPollinators is open!
🌿 Individuals (18-35) – grants up to 15,000 EUR
🌍Youth-led orgs & NGOs – grants up to 70,000 EUR
Ready to make a difference? Apply now: speciesgrants.iucn.org
More 🐝 iucnsos.org/new-call-for...
In an effort to bridge research and practice, Safeguard has recently published a collection of six practice abstracts of key project outputs on the EU CAP Network 🎉
🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
#EUpollinators #wildpollinators #pollinatorconservation
Last month, Safeguard partners gathered for the project's 4th Annual General Meeting in Belgium 👏
During the meeting, several EU pollinator projects were presented, synchronising efforts towards a sustainable future for #EUpollinators 🐝
🔎 www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
🤝 As part of the @horizoneu.bsky.social -funded @valor-project.eu , in the next 4 years, we will be working towards deeper understanding of #society's relationship with #pollinators 🐝, while producing tools for landowners, businesses & policymakers.
#eupollinators #horizoneu
👇 More on our blog:
We shall not forget to save also the #taxonomists who study the #eupollinators or we'll run out of expertise! The #RedListTaxonomists EU-funded project says it all!#taxonomy @IUCN @Pensoft
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Very useful to understand what's going on with #EUpollinators 🐝 and #pesticides 🧪
#RedListTaxonomists
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From #RedListTaxonomists 🪲 on we decided to open the consultation about the problems and needs of the taxonomic community. Now it's time to look for solutions: how will you address those problems? Drop your idea⬇️#taxonomy #taxonomie #EUpollinators
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Yeah... What?
Tell us here 👉Thank you 🙏!
#taxonomy #biodiversityrocks #EUPollinators
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🎉🔎Friday quiz for the #RedListTaxonomists 🦋
Ready to test your #entomology skills⁉️
↪️this beautiful brush-footed #butterfly is waiting for you!
@IUCNBrussels @IUCNRedList @IUCN @Pensoft #InsectWeek21 #EUPollinators #eurotaxonomy
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