General objective: strengthen taxonomic capacity in EU Member States with regard to pollinating insects, and support preparation for the implementation of the
EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme “EU-PoMS”
Potts et al. 2020
The EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (EU-PoMs) was proposed by an expert group (Potts et al. 2020) and comprises:
- Minimum Viable Scheme (‘the MVS’) - part of the Core Scheme
Pillar 1: Wild bees, butterflies and hoverflies (transect module)
Pillar 2: Wild bees and hoverflies (pan traps module)
- Complementary modules – part of the Core Scheme
Pillar 3: Rare & threatened species module
Pillar 4: Moths module (light traps)
- Additional modules
Pillar 5: Pollination services
Pillar 6: Flower visitors
Pillar 7: Wider insect biodiversity module (Malaise traps)
SPRING will devise and execute a series of tasks in line with the EU-PoMS proposal and as a major contribution to the EU initiative to address the declines in pollinating insects1 and help reverse them in line with the targets in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
- Task 1: Butterfly Monitoring and Citizen Science
1.1 Expand eBMS (ABLE2)
1.2 Build up CS networks on pollinators
- Task 2: Taxonomic Capacity Building
2.1 Organise basic taxonomic training
2.2 Organise advanced taxonomic training
- Task 3: Piloting a Minimum Viable Scheme (MVS) in EU
3.1 Support pilots in EU Member States
3.2 Support refinement MVS methodology
- Task 4: Testing additional modules
4.1 Moth module (Led-trap)
4.2 Insect Biodiversity module (Malaise trap)
- Task 5: Communications