Regard and protect ground-nesting pollinators as part of soil biodiversity
02/2022
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Report
The article analyzes the FAO's flawed definition of soil diversity, the three main risks to ground-nesting pollinators (pesticide accumulation in the soil, late tillage, soil-compacting heavy machinery), and explains necessary protection measures: pesticide risk analyses must use ground-nesting pollinators instead of honeybees and be conducted under real field conditions, education campaigns for farmers, safe nesting areas through strips of perennial crops, adaptation of the FAO definition.
![[Translate to English:] Pollinators protection](/legacy/_processed_/1/a/csm_200518_Pollinators_protection__Thumbnail_08bf22a8d2.png)
![Field with coriander and sunflowers [Translate to English:] Feld mit Koriander und Sonnenblumen](/legacy/_processed_/1/8/csm_200520-Pchanter_field_3_74a4c1da74.jpg)
