Professor Jane Stout, Vice Provost for Biodiversity & Climate Action in the Provost’s Office and Professor of Ecology (Botany) at Trinity College Dublin, will give a talk Farmland Pollinators and Pollination – Influence of Policy and Practice on Friday, 29th of November Time: 12:00 noon.
Jane is an internationally renowned expert in pollinator and pollination ecology and a leading advocate for biodiversity and its importance. Her research focuses on understanding how land management practices, such as agriculture and urbanisation, influence ecological processes and the benefits nature provides to humans.
Jane leads the Plant-Animal Interactions Research group in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity, where she works across disciplines and with a broad range of stakeholders to improve environmental policy and practice. She is the co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Irish Forum on Natural Capital (www.naturalcapitalireland.com), and co-founder and Deputy Chair of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (www.pollinators.ie).
This event will explore the critical role of pollinators, such as bees and hoverflies, in supporting both crop and wild plant pollination in agricultural landscapes. Despite their importance, these insects are in decline due to agricultural intensification, extensive agrochemical use, and habitat loss.
We will examine how international and EU-level biodiversity frameworks aim to restore pollinators, and discuss the complex interactions between pollinators and factors such as floral resources, habitat features, pesticide use, and disease threats. Balancing pollinator conservation with the practicalities of maintaining farm productivity is a challenge for policy-makers and farmers alike.
Professor Stout will share examples from Irish farming landscapes, showcasing innovative, whole-farm approaches and the importance of monitoring to ensure success.
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