STATUS AND VALUE OF POLLINATORS AND POLLINATION SERVICES -A REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (Defra)

This commissioned review (Defra) considered how key environmental and economic pressures (e.g. land-use, disease) affected pollinator populations and communities and the pollination services they provide to wild plants and crops. The review summarized the evidence (or gaps in knowledge) for how changes to pollinators may limit pollination services. The ecological and economic impacts were considered with a focus on the main managed and wild pollinator groups involved in pollination services. Throughout the review the evidence basis, sources of uncertainty, knowledge gaps and research priorities were made clear. This report was influential in directly helping to shape the resulting National Pollinator Strategy and call for a national Pollinator Monitoring Scheme by Defra.