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Welcome to the Canadian
Pollination Initiative
What is CANPOLIN?
NSERC-CANPOLIN is a five-year NSERC Strategic Network that will address the growing problem of pollinator decline in agricultural and natural ecosystems in Canada. Researchers at 26 universities across the country are working with government agencies, NGO’s and industry to deliver critical insights and sustainable solutions to the pollination problem.
NSERC-CANPOLIN offers an exciting and unique approach to pollination research. For the first time, leading experts in entomology, ecology, plant reproductive biology, genomics, prediction and economics have joined forces to explore the full scope of the pollination problem – from pollinator health and conservation to gene flow in plants, the impact of climate change and the economics of pollination.
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The time is ripe for the NSERC-CANPOLIN Network for numerous reasons:
- A decline in pollinators and deficit in pollination is already documented.
- The problems being faced by the honeybee industry are becoming ever more complex.
- Future declines in both pollinators and pollination are inevitable with or without climate change.
- The international community is well aware of the importance of the topic.
- Agricultural, forestry and natural ecosystems will have to adapt to changes in pollinator distributions and abundances and it will be crucial to be able to predict these in order to design mitigation procedures.
- Canadian research has been at the forefront in determining the crucial importance of bees as environmental indicators.
- Expertise in all aspects of pollination biology is available among the Canadian professoriate and scientific community outside academe.
- There is a widespread understanding of the importance of the topic in Canada and of the need to train highly qualified personnel in all aspects of the subject.
- A "critical mass" of skilled personnel is ready to provide this training, along with a critical mass of people willing to learn.
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Click here to watch a video about CANPOLIN!
The Pollinator Identification Course held at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Canada, was a great success! Thanks to all those who participated and helped out!
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