Project description
Abstract
A healthy ecosystem is fundamental for life, providing services like clean water, air, and food. However, human activities such as urbanization, agriculture, and pollution are putting these systems under significant pressure.
Pollinators are especially vulnerable to these pressures. They are essential for the reproduction of the vast majority of the world's flowering plants and a huge portion of our agricultural crops. When pollinators suffer, biodiversity declines, and so does the ecosystem's stability and resilience.
When ecosystem health is compromised, pollinator well-being is reduced, diminishing their ability to support ecosystem services.
If we are able to assess the well-being of pollinators, we can evaluate the health of the environment
Project webpage
http://www.actions-project.com/
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Funding information:
Dipartimento Scienze del Sistema Terra e Tecnologie per l'Ambiente - CNR-DSSTTA, bando STUPIRE - "Scientific Transdisciplinary Unexplored Paths for Innovative Research on Environment", provvedimento di approvazione del Direttore del 20/06/2025. https://dta.cnr.it/project/stupire/
Further information:
massimiliano[dot]alvioli[at]cnr[dot]it
