Motivating Pollinator Stewardship
Pollinator decline represents a huge challenge on multiple levels, from ecosystems over food production to human wellbeing. However, human beings are no mere observers in this; we are actively involved in and responsible for this decline in pollinating animals. Likewise, we can be actively involved in stopping the decline and in helping restore pollinator populations. This project is part of a huge interdisciplinary effort to understand the effects of pollinator decline on all relevant levels and to find strategies towards pollinator restoration. Particularly, our part will be to ask which effects pollinator decline has on mental wellbeing, and how we can motivate pollinator stewardship in everyday citizens.
Grants
EU-HORIZON project "BUTTERFLY: Mainstreaming pollinator stewardship in view of cascading ecological, societal and economic impacts of pollinator decline" (Grant agreement ID: 101181930), funding amount: 150.000€ (Katharina Schwarz); total funding amount across 24 partner institutions: 7.000.000€.