TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Köthe, Sebastian
A1  - Bakanov, Nikita
A1  - Brühl, Carsten A.
A1  - Eichler, Lisa
A1  - Fickel, Thomas
A1  - Gemeinholzer, Birgit
A1  - Hörren, Thomas
A1  - Jurewicz, Aleksandra
A1  - Lux, Alexandra
A1  - Meinel, Gotthard
A1  - Mühlethaler, Roland
A1  - Schäffler, Livia
A1  - Scherber, Christoph
A1  - Schneider, Florian D.
A1  - Sorg, Martin
A1  - Swenson, Stephanie J.
A1  - Terlau, Wiltrud
A1  - Turck, Angela
A1  - Lehmann, Gerlind U. C.
T1  - Recommendations for effective insect conservation in nature protected areas based on a transdisciplinary project in Germany
JF  - Environmental Sciences Europe
N2  - The decline of insect abundance and richness has been documented for decades and has received increased attention in recent years. In 2017, a study by Hallmann and colleagues on insect biomasses in German nature protected areas received a great deal of attention and provided the impetus for the creation of the project Diversity of Insects in Nature protected Areas (DINA). The aim of DINA was to investigate possible causes for the decline of insects in nature protected areas throughout Germany and to develop strategies for managing the problem.
A major issue for the protection of insects is the lack of insect-specific regulations for nature protected areas and the lack of a risk assessment and verification of the measures applied. Most nature protected areas border on or enclose agricultural land and are structured in a mosaic, resulting in an abundance of small and narrow areas. This leads to fragmentation or even loss of endangered habitats and thus threaten biodiversity. In addition, the impact of agricultural practices, especially pesticides and fertilisers, leads to the degradation of biodiversity at the boundaries of nature protected areas, reducing their effective size. All affected stakeholders need to be involved in solving these threats by working on joint solutions. Furthermore, agriculture in and around nature protected areas must act to promote biodiversity and utilise and develop methods that reverse the current trend. This also requires subsidies from the state to ensure economic sustainability and promote biodiversity-promoting practices.
KW  - Pesticides
KW  - Societal dialogues
KW  - Conservation practice
KW  - Insect decline
KW  - Monitoring
Y1  - 2023
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-76743
SN  - 2190-4715
SS  - 2190-4715
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00813-5
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-023-00813-5
VL  - 35
SP  - 10
S1  - 10
PB  - Springer Open
ER  -