RestPoll: Restoring Pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: RestPoll is a transdisciplinary project aiming to provide society with tools to reverse wild insect pollinator declines and to position Europe as a global leader in pollinator restoration and set the future agenda for pollinator restoration worldwide. The RestPoll consortium combines the expertise of natural and social scientists, as well as representatives of NGOs, businesses and ministries. RestPoll - together with stakeholders ranging from individual land managers to public authorities - co-designs, evaluates and refines measures and cross-sectoral approaches to restore pollinators and their services. Central to RestPoll is the establishment of a Europe-wide network of pollinator restoration case-study areas with Living Labs, which are unique hubs for experimentation, demonstration and mutual learning at various spatial scales (field, farm, landscape, European scales), in landscapes dominated by intensively managed crops or grasslands. The RestPoll consortium explores, tests, evaluates and refines cross-sectoral pollinator restoration approaches to conserve biodiversity and to benefit nature and society. Our holistic approach also aims to engage in participatory planning and the development of new business models along the food value chain by engaging through newly-developed participatory approaches at diverse social, ecological and political scales. Learning outcomes are communicated to a diverse range of regional and European partners and collaborators, which allows for making a lasting impact beyond the end of the project.
Source: Research Ideas and Outcomes
Authors: Alexandra-Maria Klein, Anda Adamsone-Fiskovica, Georgina Alins, Per Angelstam, Aurelie Belveze, Jordi Bosch, Tom Breeze, Richard Comont, Elise de Groot, Lynn Dicks, Anselm Rodrigo Dominguez, György Dudás, Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen, Mariia Fedoriak, Nicola Gallai, Michael Garratt, Mikelis Grivins, Christina Grozinger, Nigel Jenner, Georgios Kleftodimos, David Kleijn, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, Bodo Krauss, Sara Leonhardt, Julia Osterman, Annie Ouin, Amy Plowman, Simon Potts, Claus Rasmussen, Laura Roquer-Beni, Daniele Rossi, Maj Rundlöf, Oliver Schweiger, Henrik Smith, Jane Stout, Louis Sutter, Martin Thorsøe, George Vlontzos, Dimitry Wintermantel, Nina Kranke, Amibeth Thompson
Institutions: University of Freiburg, Baltic Studies Centre, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, University of Inland Norway, Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications, University of Reading, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, University of Cambridge, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Pennsylvania State University, Wageningen University & Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg, Technical University of Munich, University of Gothenburg, Aarhus University, Confederazione Generale dell’Agricoltura Italiana (Italy), Lund University, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Trinity College Dublin, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Agroscope, University of Thessaly
Language: English
Topic: Plant and animal studies
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $322
OpenAlex ID: W7117104711