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"RestPoll: Restoring pollinator habitats across European agricultural landscapes based on multi-actor participatory approaches” is an EU-funded project

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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🦋 Unusual boom in painted lady butterflies in Sweden, but global patterns have also been observed. A study of 1,758 butterfly species found that around 9 in 10 have shifted their ranges. Climate change, alongside land-use change and other pressures, is reshaping where butterflies can live.
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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Newly published! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We checked 28 indicators in CAP, NRR, Climate- & Soil Monitoring laws 4 mismatches btw policy, science & practice. Result: mismatch 4 ALL! Lead: Cian Blaix with @cleliasirami.bsky.social, @bdumontae.bsky.social, part of @agtransect.bsky.social
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
See also: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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EU Omnibus proposal increases pesticide risks
More efficient environmental risk assessment and stronger protection are achievable
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🐝 Can habitat restoration help the endangered Shrill Carder bee? RestPoll researcher Jaqui James is investigating restoration, plant-pollinator interactions & landscape dispersal. Last year, no Shrill Carder bees were found, but many other pollinators benefited.🌼 #PollinatorHabitats #EndangeredBees
Top brown banner says "RestPoll on YouTube"
Middle picture of Shrill carder bee with identfiable markings pointed out with white arrows. 
Bottow says "Can habitat restoration help bring back the Shrill Carder bee?"
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🐝 Empowering society to restore pollinator habitats! Jane Stout shares RestPoll work on 🌻 monitoring, 🤝 Living Labs, and 🧰 our stakeholder-recommended Toolbox. From hedgerows to farmer workshops, discover how knowledge can become action for pollinators! 🎥 #PollinatorHabitats #restoration #RestPoll
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Middle screenshot from video of a presentation slide with the RestPoll project approach and two videos of online participants. 
Bottom says "Building knowledge. Building trust. Restoring habitats."
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Julia Osterman @juliaosterman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@restpoll.bsky.social @wildposh.eu #pollinators #pesticide #policy #bees
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📍The annual group meeting (AGM) will be held on 5-7 October 2026, hosted by our partners in Kos, Greece! 📈 Members will share updates on their research, sharing successes & challenges as we advance. We are excited to share updates with you, so save the date & stay tuned! #RestPoll #AGM #SaveTheDate
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🍎 Meet RestPoll stakeholder Felix Romer of Romer fruit farm near Lake Constance, Germany! His favourite biodiversity measure? 🌼 Planting flowers between apple trees, even in the tramlines, to support pollinators and create colourful spaces for people. #Pollinators #Restoration #Agriculture
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A new study led by RestPoll partners HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research finds mostly neutral effects of pollinator-friendly management, highlighting the need for locally adapted, long-term #conservation strategies. 🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #Pollinators #Biodiversity
Ecologists are sampling pollinators and floral resources in a native wildflower sown parcel, which is an active restoration action in protected areas providing foraging and nesting sites for pollinators.
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🌱 Pollinator decline is also an implementation challenge. RestPoll explores how co-design, by bringing farmers, researchers, policymakers and communities together, can make restoration more effective, feasible and lasting. 🌼🐝 #RestPoll #Pollinators #CoDesign #LivingLabs
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🌱 Meet Fernanda “Fern” Azevedo, a PhD researcher at @tcddublin.bsky.social exploring the social and ecological factors shaping conservation and restoration. Her work with farming communities in Ireland highlights the importance of people in restoring biodiversity. 🌍 #EcologicalRestoration [1/2]
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🐝 Do honey bees compete with wild pollinators? A new study from Estonia found no direct evidence of competition in calcareous grasslands. 🌼 But results may vary with habitat, resources and landscape context. 📄 Liiskmann et al. (2026) doi.org/10.1016/j.ge... #Pollinators #Ecology #HoneyBees
Cutout of an European honeybee
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🦋 About 80% of crops & wildflowers rely on pollinators, yet 1 in 3 pollinator species is declining and 1 in 10 bee & butterfly species could disappear. To track progress in reversing this decline, an EU-wide monitoring method is adapted, enabling comparable data & assessment of restoration efforts.
Two researchers looking at a wildflower strip at a field margin
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New study alert📣 A new study finds that organic management has a positive effect on bee species richness; however, pollination effects are more complex. Thank you to the authors, including some RestPoll partners, for this insightful work! #newstudy #pollination #pollinators #appleorchards
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Meet our newest RestPoll member Irene Bottero! Bottero is leading the development of the Restpoll toolbox, facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration and communicating the project outcomes!
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the podcast, Gartenupdate, Julia Osterman (@juliaosterman.bsky.social), talks about the lifestyle of wildbees! Have a listen here: www.podcast.de/episode/7057... #wildbees #podcast #outreach
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🐝Show us the last pollinator you spotted! Add your photo in the comments below along with your species identification! 👇 📸 Felix Fornoff #yourturn #showandtell #pollinators #restpoll
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Test your memory and try out our new bee memory game here restpoll.eu/e-learning/ #BeeMemory #E-learning #DigitalGame #BeeDiversity
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Have you seen this small bee around your fruit trees? The European Orchard Bee (Osmia cornuta) is a prominent early-spring foraging wild bee that visits many fruit trees or shrubs!
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🎉RestPoll partners from Freiburg, Germany, have completed their field season for this year's spring and summer. Partners monitored pollinators at implementation sites to assess how these implementations are helping pollinator communities. Thank you for the great work!👏 #FieldWork #RestPoll
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Portuguese translation of Joint White Paper Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies @butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu @wildposh.eu @agri4pol.eu @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu @wildposh.eu @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu @agri4pol.eu #ProPollSoil @davegoulson.bsky.social
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu @wildposh.eu @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu @agri4pol.eu #ProPollSoil @davegoulson.bsky.social @au.dk Aarhus University News Release 8-Jul-2026 EU researchers warn: Europe risks a pollinator crisis
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Butterflies may be one of the quickest ways to tell if habitat restoration is working. A new study found that restored farm habitats boosted butterfly richness and abundance within a year 🦋 📚 Read more here: Favarin et al. 2026, Restoration Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/rec.70314
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Honeybees help with honey production AND crop pollination! However, wild bees also play a vital role in supporting biodiversity and crop production. Protecting managed and wild pollinators is crucial for food stability and biodiversity. #PollinatorRestoration #Honeybees #WildBees #RestPoll
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Julia Osterman @juliaosterman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Breeding Aglais urticae, the small tortoiseshell for @wildposh.eu project. Such hungry caterpillars. #pollinators #pesticides With @naturealexk.bsky.social
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Living Lab Meeting on the 12 May included both theory and practice. Thank you Sutter Farm for hosting such an event!
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Deutscher Biodiversitätspreis 2026 der Heinz Sielmann Stiftung share.google/hprxBcRYmTVV...
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Deutscher Biodiversitätspreis 2026 der Heinz Sielmann Stiftung
Mit dem Deutschen Biodiversitätspreis würdigt die Heinz Sielmann Stiftung herausragendes Engagement für den Schutz und die Förderung biologischer Vielfalt.
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 24/04/2026
🐝 The @restpoll.bsky.social consortium brings together expertise of #natural & #social #scientists, as well as #NGOs, businesses & ministries to provide society with tools to reverse wild #insect #pollinator declines. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... 📸 Relationships among work packages.
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🐝In addition to English, our Policy Brief is now available in German, Hungarian & Latvian! These reflect our RestPoll partner countries. Greek & Ukrainian versions coming very soon!
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🐝 A bee with a huge responsibility The buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) helps pollinate strawberries, apples, tomatoes & more. 📚Klein & Fornoff (2025)
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
🎥 RestPoll partner, Prof. Dr. Sara Diana Leonhardt (TUM) shares her favorite measure for supporting pollinators: pollinator diversity 🐝🦋 #Pollinators #Biodiversity #RestPoll #PollinatorDiversity
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
What is your favourite measure for pollinators? Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein shares her favourite measure: hedgerows!🐝🌿
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
💡Think you can guess the bee by their scent? Put your senses to the test and try out our new Bee Scent Quiz👇 restpoll.eu/e-learning/
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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
What do bees smell like? Take the @restpoll.bsky.social bee-scent quiz #pollinators restpoll.eu/e-learning/
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E-learning - RestPoll
Explore pollinators and restoration with our e-learning tools Discover a range of digital and interactive tools designed to deepen your understanding of pollinators and effective restoration measures....
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VALOR Project @valor-project.eu · 25/03/2026
@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/
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We need to make sure to bring all tools devoped across EU pollinator projects together.
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VALOR Project @valor-project.eu · 24/03/2026
👉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. #VALORmeets2026
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VALOR Project @valor-project.eu · 24/03/2026
👉 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.
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VALOR Project @valor-project.eu · 24/03/2026
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 #VALORmeets2026
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🍎Did you Know? Apples depend on honeybees, wildbees and bumblebees for pollination🍏
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not every striped pollinator is a bee #hoverflies #pollinators #Syrphidae
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🐝 RestPoll partners from the University of Reading are co-designing a pollinator-friendly eco-label and interviewing actors across the food supply chain. We’re especially looking to speak with: • Retailers • Producers Interested or know someone who might be? Feel free to reach out!
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Some bees collect pollen by pressing and rubbing their entire bodies against flowers, a behavior scientists classify as body-rubbing pollen collection. To the human eye, it looks like bees are literally taking a pollen bath!🥰 📚Portman et al. (2019), Journal of Hymenoptera Research
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RestPoll @restpoll.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Agronomy for Sustainable Development @asd-inrae.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Hood, A.S.C., Scholes, R.E., Degani, E. et al. Co-designing a research agenda for UK agroforestry using a multi-actor approach. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 46, 20 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s135...
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Co-designing a research agenda for UK agroforestry using a multi-actor approach - Agronomy for Sustainable Development
There is growing recognition of agroforestry’s potential to help mitigate and provide resilience to the climate and biodiversity crises. Beyond its environmental benefits, agroforestry can also enhanc...
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PollinERA Project @pollinera-horizon.eu · 02/03/2026
Do you know what the Species Sensitivity Distribution is? 🧐 In this episode of #PollinERAexplained, Ryszard Laskowski from Jagiellonian University explains a concept central to advancing environmental risk assessment. Curious? 👉 Watch the full video: youtu.be/-y0WdnrkwDQ?...
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#PollinERAexplained: Species Sensitivity Distribution
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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 02/03/2026
Ein neuer Policy Brief des EU-Projekts RestPoll unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein | @naturealexk.bsky.social gibt Empfehlungen an die EU-Mitgliedstaaten, mit welchen Renaturierungsmaßnahmen sie Bestäuber wie Wildbienen am effektivsten fördern können. ufr.link/renaturierung…
Nahaufnahme einer Hummel an weißer Blüte mit Text: „Bestäuberschutz: Empfehlungen für EU-Renaturierungspläne“.
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