Organisers: IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands - IUCN NL, IUCN SSC Specialists Group Hoverflies & Wild Bees, IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation - IUCN Med
This will be a hybrid event. To join on Zoom, please register here.
Background
Pollinators, including bees, butterflies, moths, hoverflies and other insects, play a vital role in maintaining biodiversity and supporting food production. However, they face numerous threats, from habitat loss to climate change. Assessing their conservation status is essential to inform relevant conservation measures and policies.
National Red Lists play a crucial role not only as indicators but also as tools for sound and unambiguous communication between governments and all other parties involved in species protection. National species protection policies and the protection plans resulting from them are largely based on these Red Lists and the studies underpinning them.
The hybrid workshop is organised in the form of a buzzing table by the IUCN, the University of Mons, the University of Novi Sad, IUCN SSC Wild bees SG, IUCN SSC Hoverflies SG and ICENCA as part of the Horizon 2020 Safeguard research project (WP1), devoted to National Red List for Pollinators. The event will provide the opportunity to present to relevant stakeholders the work from Safeguard project under WP 1: Re-assessing the status and trends of European pollinators to support and inform on the development of the National Red List for Pollinators. The buzzing table will therefore gather relevant policy actors, experts and decision-makers across different areas that can both benefit and support the development of the National Red List for Pollinators.
The presentation of the Safeguard WP1 work together with the presentations on the success stories and lessons learned from the Netherlands and Spain will help foster a discussion among key stakeholders to reflect on and explore the latest advancements in evaluating and conserving pollinator populations, with a specific focus on the National Red List of Pollinators.
Participants will engage in discussions on the European Red List of Pollinators, and explore challenges and resources associated with assessing this highly diverse and fundamental group of species. We will explore and discuss the resources, capacity, best practices and challenges for the development, maintenance and governance of National Red Lists for Pollinators in support of EU and Global Pollinators Conservation-related policy development and implementation.
This session will follow on from a previous session titled ‘Challenges, solutions and policy relevance of National Red Listing’ (14.30 – 15.30), which will launch the IUCN Guidelines for Establishing a National Red List Programme and present the findings of a workshop on best practices for national red listing. All interested participants are encouraged to attend both sessions, which will be held consecutively.
Agenda
15.30 – 15.35 The European Red List of Pollinators - Konstantin Gospodinov - IUCN
15.35 – 15.45 RL Pollinators underpinning the EU Pollinators Initiative development and delivery - European Commission (Vujadin Kovacevic TBC)
15.45 – 15.55 Safeguard research findings supporting the NRL of Pollinators - Denis Michez; Ignacio Bartomeus; Catherine Numa
15.55 – 16.05 NRL of Pollinators– success story and lessons learned (Netherlands) - Baudewijn Ode
16.05 – 16.15 NRL of Pollinators– success story and lessons learned (SE) - Jesus Bellido - IUCN national members committee, Spain
16.15– 16.55 Panel discussion: Resources, capacity, best practices, and challenges of NRL of Pollinators. Moderator: IUCN
- Vujadin Kovacevic, EC (TBC)
- Baudewijn Ode, NRL Netherlands
- Jesus Bellido, IUCN national members committee, Spain
- Ante Vujic, IUCN SSC Hoverflies SG (TBC)
- Denis Michez, IUCN SSC Wild Bee SG
- Chris van Sway, IUCN SSC Butterfly and Moth SG (TBC)
16.55 – 17.00 Closing remarks