Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Contents
1. Introduction
A. SSYMANK (BfN), A. HAMM (University Bonn), M. VISCHER-LEOPOLD (BfN) & D. WITTMANN
(University Bonn) .................................................................................................................1
2. Presentations
2.1. The International Perspective – Pollinators Initiatives
L. COLLETTE, FAO, Italy ......................................................................................................5
2.2. The Brazilian Pollinators Initiative (BPI): “Update of recent progress”
B.F.S. DIAS, Ministry of Environment, Brazil .....................................................................11
2.3. Small bees have a big job: holding up biome diversity
D.W. ROUBIK, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panamá .................26
2.4. Flies – Pollinators on two wings
A. SSYMANK, BfN, Bonn & C. KEARNS, Santa Clara University ... ......................................39
3. Posters
3.1. North and Inter-American Pollinator Initiatives
M. RUGGIERO, Smithsonian Institution, USA; L. ADAMS, Pollinator Partnership, USA; A.
SARAIVA, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ...........................................................................53
3.2. An overview of pollinator studies in Kenya
M. GIKUNGU, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya; M. HAGEN & M. KRAEMER, Bielefeld
University, Biological Collection, Germany .......................................................................56
3.3. Brazilian Pollinators Initiative: Biodiversity and sustainable use of pollinators
V. L. IMPERATRIZ FONSECA, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de S. Paulo, Brazil; A.M.
SARAIVA, Escola Politécnica, Universidade de S. Paulo, Brazil; L. S. GONÇALVES,
Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencas e Letras Rebeirao Preto, Universidade de S. Paolo, Brazil;
D. DE JONG, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de S. Paolo, Brazil;
D. DE A. ALVES, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de S. Paulo, Brazil; C. MENEZES
& T. M. FRANCOY, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencas e Letras Rebeirao Preto, Universidade
de S. Paolo, Brazil .............................................................................................................64
3.4. Brazilian Pollinators Initiative – Time line
V. L. IMPERATRIZ FONSECA & D. DE A. ALVES, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de S.
Paulo, Brazil; A.M. SARAIVA, Escola Politécnica, Universidade de S. Paulo, Brazil;
M.C.P.P. LANDEIRO & B.F.S. DIAS, Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Brazil ..........................72
3.5. The Oceania Pollinators Initiative (OPI): Integrated Information System for OPI based on a
federation of distributed databases