Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz
Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz
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Fonseca, Alves, Saraiva, Landeiro, Dias Brazilian <strong>Pollinators</strong> Initiative – Time line<br />
2006. The Thematic project Biodiversity and sustainable use of pollinators, with<br />
emphasis on bees, supported by FAPESP was approved and started. Coordination: V.L.<br />
Imperatriz-Fonseca.<br />
2007. Approval of the project GEF Conservation & Management of <strong>Pollinators</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
Sustainable Agriculture through an Ecosystem Approach. Executive agency: FAO.<br />
2007. Third Brazilian Field Course Biology and Ecology of Pollination, by B. F. Viana<br />
(Bahia Federal University) and P. G. Kevan (Guelph University), in Bahia State, Brazil.<br />
2007. <strong>Pollinators</strong> Collections network: CRIA digitizes additional nine pollinators’ collection<br />
in Brazil with 213,345 records until May 2008.<br />
2007. Round table on <strong>Pollinators</strong> Ecology. VIII Brazilian Congress of Ecology, held in<br />
Caxambu, 24 th -28 th September, organized by I. Alves-dos-Santos.<br />
2007. Publication of the Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical<br />
Region (Moure, J.S.; Urban, D. & Melo, G.A.R.).<br />
2008. Dra. M. J. O. Campos participated (UNESP Rio Claro) in the side event about<br />
Pollination of Crops organized by FAO Rome, Italy.<br />
2008. Participation of Dr. B. M. Freitas (UFC), as a BPI member, and Dr. Paulo Oliveira<br />
(UFU) as a Probio project coordinator in the INRA /FAO Workshop about pollinating deficit.<br />
Avignon, France.<br />
2008. First International Field Course on Biology and Ecology of Pollination, with<br />
emphasis on Agriculture, by Breno M. Freitas (Ceará Federal University), Peter Kevan<br />
(Guelph University) and Blandina Viana (Bahia Federal University).<br />
2008. Brazilian <strong>Pollinators</strong> Initiative was presented in COP9 side event on <strong>Pollinators</strong>,<br />
<strong>Caring</strong> <strong>for</strong> pollinators: safeguarding agrobiodiversity and wild plant diversity, held in<br />
Bonn, April 22.<br />
Acronyms<br />
BPI Brazilian <strong>Pollinators</strong> Initiative<br />
CGIAR Consultative Group on international Agricultural Research<br />
CNPq Brazilian National Research Council<br />
COP Conference of the Parties<br />
CRIA Reference Center on Environmental In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
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