TY - JOUR
T1 - Local actions to tackle a global problem
T2 - A multidimensional assessment of the pollination crisis in Chile
AU - Vieli, Lorena
AU - Murúa, Maureen M.
AU - Flores-Prado, Luis
AU - Carvallo, Gastón O.
AU - Valdivia, Carlos E.
AU - Muschett, Giselle
AU - López-Aliste, Manuel
AU - Andía, Constanza
AU - Jofré-Pérez, Christian
AU - Fontúrbel, Francisco E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research and the APC were funded by the Chilean Agency for Research and Development (ANID), grant number ANID/PCI/NE/S011870/1 Acknowledgments: We are grateful to all our collaborators within the SURPASS Chile project, and particularly to Javiera Díaz, who leads the project’s communication program. Comments of two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript. C.J.P. acknowledges the ANID 21150472 doctoral fellowship.
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PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - In the last decades, pollinators have drastically declined as a consequence of anthropogenic activities that have local and global impacts. The food industry has been expanding intensive agriculture crops, many of them dependent on animal pollination, but simultaneously reducing native pollinator habitats. Chile is a good example of this situation. Chile is becoming an agro-alimentary powerhouse in Latin America, where intensive agriculture expansion is performed at the expense of natural lands, posing a major threat to biodiversity. Here, we discussed the drivers responsible for the decline of pollinators (including habitat loss, pesticides, invasive species, and climate change) and its synergistic effects. This is particularly critical considering that Chile is a hotspot of endemic bee species locally adapted to specific habitats (e.g., Mediterranean-type ecosystems). However, there is a lack of data and monitoring programs that can provide evidence of their conservation status and contribution to crop yields. Based on our analysis, we identified information gaps to be filled and key threats to be addressed to reconcile crop production and biodiversity conservation. Addressing the local context is fundamental to undertake management and conservation actions with global impact.
AB - In the last decades, pollinators have drastically declined as a consequence of anthropogenic activities that have local and global impacts. The food industry has been expanding intensive agriculture crops, many of them dependent on animal pollination, but simultaneously reducing native pollinator habitats. Chile is a good example of this situation. Chile is becoming an agro-alimentary powerhouse in Latin America, where intensive agriculture expansion is performed at the expense of natural lands, posing a major threat to biodiversity. Here, we discussed the drivers responsible for the decline of pollinators (including habitat loss, pesticides, invasive species, and climate change) and its synergistic effects. This is particularly critical considering that Chile is a hotspot of endemic bee species locally adapted to specific habitats (e.g., Mediterranean-type ecosystems). However, there is a lack of data and monitoring programs that can provide evidence of their conservation status and contribution to crop yields. Based on our analysis, we identified information gaps to be filled and key threats to be addressed to reconcile crop production and biodiversity conservation. Addressing the local context is fundamental to undertake management and conservation actions with global impact.
KW - Chile
KW - Climate change
KW - Conservation
KW - Invasive species
KW - Land-use change
KW - Managed pollinators
KW - Pesticides
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U2 - 10.3390/d13110571
DO - 10.3390/d13110571
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85118941452
VL - 13
JO - Diversity
JF - Diversity
SN - 1424-2818
IS - 11
M1 - 571
ER -