Integrating public engagement to intensify pollination services through ecological restoration
This research integrates public engagement, ecological restoration, and pollination services to guide sustainable agriculture. It highlights how stakeholder collaboration, social‑institutional analysis, and restoration planning can improve biodiversity, crop productivity, and long‑term ecosystem resilience across agricultural landscapes.
Subject Tags
- Habitat restoration
- Social Sciences
- Biodiversity
Summary
Globally, human activities impose threats to nature and the provision of ecosystem services, such as pollination. In this context, ecological restoration provides opportunities to create managed landscapes that maximize biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture, e.g., via provision of pollination services. Managing pollination services and restoration opportunities requires the engagement of distinct stakeholders embedded in diverse social institutions. Nevertheless, frameworks toward sustainable agriculture often overlook how stakeholders interact and access power in social arenas. We present a perspective integrating pollination services, ecological restoration, and public engagement for biodiversity conservation and agricultural production. We highlight the importance of a comprehensive assessment of pollination services, restoration opportunities identification, and a public engagement strategy anchored in institutional analysis of the social arenas involved in restoration efforts. Our perspective can therefore guide the implementation of practices from local to country scales to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture.
Citation
Bergamo, P. J., Rito, K. F., Viana, B. F., Garcia, E., Nic Lughadha, E., Maués, M. M., ... & Wolowski, M. (2023). Integrating public engagement to intensify pollination services through ecological restoration. IScience, 26(8).
TNC Authors
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Edenise Garcia
The Nature Conservancy