Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development

Reductions in global bee populations are threatening the pollination benefits to both the planet and people. Whilst the contribution of bee pollination in promoting sustainable development goals through food security and biodiversity is widely acknowledged, a range of other benefits provided by bees...

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Autores principales: Patel, Vidushi, Pauli, Natasha, Biggs, Eloise, Barbour, Liz, Boruff, Bryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2020
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Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7708548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32314266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01333-9
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description Reductions in global bee populations are threatening the pollination benefits to both the planet and people. Whilst the contribution of bee pollination in promoting sustainable development goals through food security and biodiversity is widely acknowledged, a range of other benefits provided by bees has yet to be fully recognised. We explore the contributions of bees towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our insights suggest that bees potentially contribute towards 15 of the 17 SDGs and a minimum of 30 SDG targets. We identify common themes in which bees play an essential role, and suggest that improved understanding of bee contributions to sustainable development is crucial for ensuring viable bee systems.
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spelling pubmed-77085482020-12-03 Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development Patel, Vidushi Pauli, Natasha Biggs, Eloise Barbour, Liz Boruff, Bryan Ambio Perspective Reductions in global bee populations are threatening the pollination benefits to both the planet and people. Whilst the contribution of bee pollination in promoting sustainable development goals through food security and biodiversity is widely acknowledged, a range of other benefits provided by bees has yet to be fully recognised. We explore the contributions of bees towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our insights suggest that bees potentially contribute towards 15 of the 17 SDGs and a minimum of 30 SDG targets. We identify common themes in which bees play an essential role, and suggest that improved understanding of bee contributions to sustainable development is crucial for ensuring viable bee systems. Springer Netherlands 2020-04-20 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7708548/ /pubmed/32314266 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01333-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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