Safeguard Project
@safeguard-pollinators.eu
Horizon 2020 project aiming to expand current assessments of the status & trends of European wild pollinators 🐝
🌍 https://www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
🌍 https://www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
📢 New #SafeguardPractices data updates the list of European #bee and #hoverfly species and centralises knowledge of #pollinator distribution across Europe.
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢 New #SafeguardPractices data updates the list of European #bee and #hoverfly species and centralises knowledge of #pollinator distribution across Europe.
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
An Ecology Letters article explores urban #pollinator interventions across Europe. It is accompanied by an infographic on five intervention types designed to reach citizens and decision-makers.
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
An Ecology Letters article explores urban #pollinator interventions across Europe. It is accompanied by an infographic on five intervention types designed to reach citizens and decision-makers.
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🏵️ This week’s #SafeguardResearch examines the distribution, impacts, and traits of the invasive ornamental Gaillardia aristata (great blanketflower).
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.83.97325
@pensoft.net @neobiota.pensoft.net
🔔 New #SafeguardPractices abstract is out!
While some actions protecting #pollinators support several ecosystem services, they do not always improve overall ecosystem functioning.
👉 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
While some actions protecting #pollinators support several ecosystem services, they do not always improve overall ecosystem functioning.
👉 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔔 New #SafeguardPractices abstract is out!
While some actions protecting #pollinators support several ecosystem services, they do not always improve overall ecosystem functioning.
👉 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
While some actions protecting #pollinators support several ecosystem services, they do not always improve overall ecosystem functioning.
👉 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
🌿 On 20 Nov 2025 (09:30–14:00), IUCN will host a hybrid workshop launching the implementation of the EU Action Plans for threatened pollinators. Join in Brussels or online.
Registration is open at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Registration is open at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🌿 On 20 Nov 2025 (09:30–14:00), IUCN will host a hybrid workshop launching the implementation of the EU Action Plans for threatened pollinators. Join in Brussels or online.
Registration is open at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Registration is open at: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Wild #pollinators are essential for global food production but are overlooked in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance.
doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance.
doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Wild #pollinators are essential for global food production but are overlooked in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance.
doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch presents a set of generic characterisation factors that allow translating land use into impacts on wild pollinator abundance.
doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05311
How does animal pollination affect food quality? 🌿
Crops pollinated by animals last longer, look better, and are more nutritious.
🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
Crops pollinated by animals last longer, look better, and are more nutritious.
🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
How does animal pollination affect food quality? 🌿
Crops pollinated by animals last longer, look better, and are more nutritious.
🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
Crops pollinated by animals last longer, look better, and are more nutritious.
🔎 Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
Safeguard has been added to the @bioagora.eu Synergies page!
BioAgora is a Horizon Europe project aimed at connecting biodiversity research and policy.
Learn more about our joint activities: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
BioAgora is a Horizon Europe project aimed at connecting biodiversity research and policy.
Learn more about our joint activities: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Safeguard has been added to the @bioagora.eu Synergies page!
BioAgora is a Horizon Europe project aimed at connecting biodiversity research and policy.
Learn more about our joint activities: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
BioAgora is a Horizon Europe project aimed at connecting biodiversity research and policy.
Learn more about our joint activities: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
In September, Safeguard and BioAgora held a game-based workshop in Brussels where 24 stakeholders designed pollinator-friendly landscapes and explored the effects of different policy interventions. 🐝🌿
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In September, Safeguard and BioAgora held a game-based workshop in Brussels where 24 stakeholders designed pollinator-friendly landscapes and explored the effects of different policy interventions. 🐝🌿
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Learn more: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Invasive species are among the main culprits of biodiversity loss.
This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝
🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640
This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝
🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Invasive species are among the main culprits of biodiversity loss.
This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝
🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640
This week’s #SafeguardResearch explores the impacts of invasive plant species on #pollinator communities. 🐝
🔎 Explore findings: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12640
Why do people choose to help #bees, #flies & #butterflies? 🐝
A study by #Safeguard partners offers answers.
👇 Explore this week's #SafeguardPractices abstract:
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
A study by #Safeguard partners offers answers.
👇 Explore this week's #SafeguardPractices abstract:
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Why do people choose to help #bees, #flies & #butterflies? 🐝
A study by #Safeguard partners offers answers.
👇 Explore this week's #SafeguardPractices abstract:
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
A study by #Safeguard partners offers answers.
👇 Explore this week's #SafeguardPractices abstract:
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch looks into the effects of extensive mowing and annual flower sowing on vegetation, floral resources, and #pollinators in Hungary.
👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1
👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch looks into the effects of extensive mowing and annual flower sowing on vegetation, floral resources, and #pollinators in Hungary.
👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1
👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01420-1
📝 The first plant-pollinator interaction network in Europe maps the intimate connections between pollinators and the plants they visit.
🔎 Check out the latest #SafeguardPractices: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
🔎 Check out the latest #SafeguardPractices: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
October 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
📝 The first plant-pollinator interaction network in Europe maps the intimate connections between pollinators and the plants they visit.
🔎 Check out the latest #SafeguardPractices: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
🔎 Check out the latest #SafeguardPractices: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
🔍 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch offers a framework for understanding floral resource availability in terms of temporal, spatial & functional structure.
The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators.
🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651
The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators.
🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔍 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch offers a framework for understanding floral resource availability in terms of temporal, spatial & functional structure.
The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators.
🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651
The study highlights the importance of viewing flowers as food to better understand competition among #pollinators.
🔎 doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06651
Discover the first visual #SafeguardPractices and learn how #WildPollinators interact with managed honeybees and how competition changes in areas with different flowering plant communities. 🌱
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
October 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Discover the first visual #SafeguardPractices and learn how #WildPollinators interact with managed honeybees and how competition changes in areas with different flowering plant communities. 🌱
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/Project/Publ...
New IUCN Red List data shows worsening trends for Europe’s wild #pollinators: 100 more bee species are now threatened, and the percentage of vulnerable butterfly species is up 76% in a decade.
More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
October 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
New IUCN Red List data shows worsening trends for Europe’s wild #pollinators: 100 more bee species are now threatened, and the percentage of vulnerable butterfly species is up 76% in a decade.
More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
More at: www.safeguard.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/News/ViewNew...
Safeguard study maps European wild #pollinators and centralises information on their geographic distribution. 🗺️
📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date.
👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date.
👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Safeguard study maps European wild #pollinators and centralises information on their geographic distribution. 🗺️
📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date.
👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
📊 Results are important for keeping conservation priorities in Europe up to date.
👉 Read the full #SafeguardResearch: doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
Introducing #SafeguardPractices - our new social media campaign! 🐝
Each week, we will deliver compact summaries of key project publications, highlighting practical solutions for #pollinator #conservation.
Don’t miss the first practice abstract, coming soon! 👀
Each week, we will deliver compact summaries of key project publications, highlighting practical solutions for #pollinator #conservation.
Don’t miss the first practice abstract, coming soon! 👀
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Introducing #SafeguardPractices - our new social media campaign! 🐝
Each week, we will deliver compact summaries of key project publications, highlighting practical solutions for #pollinator #conservation.
Don’t miss the first practice abstract, coming soon! 👀
Each week, we will deliver compact summaries of key project publications, highlighting practical solutions for #pollinator #conservation.
Don’t miss the first practice abstract, coming soon! 👀
📝 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch monitoring the #WildBee fauna of Serbia discovers 312 bee species
It not only contributes to an update & confirms the bee species list in 🇷🇸, but also enriches the European distribution database, essential for European-level assessment 🐝
🔎 doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107595
It not only contributes to an update & confirms the bee species list in 🇷🇸, but also enriches the European distribution database, essential for European-level assessment 🐝
🔎 doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107595
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📝 A 2023 #SafeguardResearch monitoring the #WildBee fauna of Serbia discovers 312 bee species
It not only contributes to an update & confirms the bee species list in 🇷🇸, but also enriches the European distribution database, essential for European-level assessment 🐝
🔎 doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107595
It not only contributes to an update & confirms the bee species list in 🇷🇸, but also enriches the European distribution database, essential for European-level assessment 🐝
🔎 doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.107595
Reposted by Safeguard Project
2️⃣ Citizen science provides valuable data for monitoring while serving as a powerful awareness-raising tool for the wider public
🐝Do you want to know more? Read our guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban areas written within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu⬇️
ieep.eu/publications...
🐝Do you want to know more? Read our guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban areas written within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu⬇️
ieep.eu/publications...
Guidelines for monitoring pollinators in urban habitats
This guidance aims to bring tools and knowledge for cities to use pollinators as indicators of their urban greening and carry out pollinator monitoring.
ieep.eu
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
2️⃣ Citizen science provides valuable data for monitoring while serving as a powerful awareness-raising tool for the wider public
🐝Do you want to know more? Read our guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban areas written within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu⬇️
ieep.eu/publications...
🐝Do you want to know more? Read our guidance for monitoring pollinators in urban areas written within the framework of @safeguard-pollinators.eu⬇️
ieep.eu/publications...
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates how individual seed set in two wild plant species in herbaceous agroecological infrastructure is affected by spatio-temporal heterogeneity in floral resources and plant–pollinator interactions across multiple ecological scales 🌱
🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigates how individual seed set in two wild plant species in herbaceous agroecological infrastructure is affected by spatio-temporal heterogeneity in floral resources and plant–pollinator interactions across multiple ecological scales 🌱
🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
🔎 doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
What motivates people to protect #pollinators? 🐝
Find out in this week's stakeholder summary, part of the #SafeguardSummaries collection: lnkd.in/dJ5QxyYr
📝 The summary reflects on the results of the 2024 study by Safeguard partners: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Find out in this week's stakeholder summary, part of the #SafeguardSummaries collection: lnkd.in/dJ5QxyYr
📝 The summary reflects on the results of the 2024 study by Safeguard partners: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What motivates people to protect #pollinators? 🐝
Find out in this week's stakeholder summary, part of the #SafeguardSummaries collection: lnkd.in/dJ5QxyYr
📝 The summary reflects on the results of the 2024 study by Safeguard partners: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Find out in this week's stakeholder summary, part of the #SafeguardSummaries collection: lnkd.in/dJ5QxyYr
📝 The summary reflects on the results of the 2024 study by Safeguard partners: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Reposted by Safeguard Project
🙌We thank @safeguard-pollinators.eu for highlighting BioAgora and its efforts to build up the Science Service for Biodiversity in their latest newsletter!
👀Access it below:
#Science4Biodiversity
👀Access it below:
#Science4Biodiversity
Curious about our work for the past few months? 👀
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🙌We thank @safeguard-pollinators.eu for highlighting BioAgora and its efforts to build up the Science Service for Biodiversity in their latest newsletter!
👀Access it below:
#Science4Biodiversity
👀Access it below:
#Science4Biodiversity
Curious about our work for the past few months? 👀
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
September 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Curious about our work for the past few months? 👀
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
We covered it all in our September newsletter, along with EU biodiversity policy updates! We also introduce the 2025 @horizoneu.bsky.social projects @valor-project.eu and @agri4pol.eu 🐝
Read the newsletter: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
This week, explore a 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigating the mate-guarding investment of Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) #butterflies 🦋
🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This week, explore a 2023 #SafeguardResearch investigating the mate-guarding investment of Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) #butterflies 🦋
🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...
🔎 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...