TY - JOUR
T1 - Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation
AU - Michael Orr
AU - Warrit, Natapot
AU - Ascher, John
AU - Basu, Parthib
AU - Belavadi, Vasuki
AU - Brockmann, Axel
AU - Buchori, Damayanti
AU - Dorey, James B.
AU - Hughes, Alice
AU - Krishnan, Smitha
AU - Ngo, Hien T.
AU - Williams, Paul
AU - Zhu, Chao Dong
AU - Abrol, Dharam
AU - Bawa, Kamal
AU - Bhatta, Chet
AU - Borges, Renee M.
AU - Bossert, Silas
AU - Cervancia, Cleofas
AU - Chatthanabun, Nontawat
AU - Chesters, Douglas
AU - Chinh, Phung Huu
AU - Devkota, Kedar
AU - Duc, Hanh Pham
AU - Ferrari, Rafael
AU - Garibaldi, Lucas
AU - Ge, Jin
AU - Ghosh, Dibyajyoti
AU - Huang, Dunyuan
AU - Jung, Chuleui
AU - Klein, Alexandra Maria
AU - Koch, Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad
AU - Krichilsky, Erin
AU - Kunte, Krushnamegh
AU - Ling, Tial C.
AU - Liu, Shanlin
AU - Liu, Xiuwei
AU - Luo, Arong
AU - Luo, Shiqi
AU - Mu, Junpeng
AU - Nidup, Tshering
AU - Niu, Ze Qing
AU - Nur-Zati, A. Mustafa
AU - Olsson, Shannon B.
AU - Otis, Gard W.
AU - Ouyang, Fang
AU - Peng, Yan Qiong
AU - Priawandiputra, Windra
AU - Proshchalykin, Maxim
AU - Tang, Min
AU - Zou, Yi
N1 - Funding Information:
This effort is a product of the IUCN Wild Bee Specialist Group's Asia Section. We thank Michael Kuhlmann for helpful suggestions. We thank Clay Bolt and Eli Wyman for providing a picture of Megachile pluto. Smitha Krishnan/ SK would like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund: https://www.cgiar.org/funders/ and the Nature-Positive Initiative
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The challenges of bee research in Asia are unique and severe, reflecting different cultures, landscapes, and faunas. Strategies and frameworks developed in North America or Europe may not prove applicable. Virtually none of these species have been assessed by the IUCN and there is a paucity of public data on even the basics of bee distribution. If we do not know the species present, their distribution and threats, we cannot protect them, but our knowledge base is vanishingly small in Asia compared to the rest of the world. To better understand and meet these challenges, this perspective conveys the ideas accumulated over hundreds of years of cumulative study of Asian bees by the authors, including academic, governmental, and other researchers from 13 Asian countries and beyond. We outline the special circumstances of Asian bee research and the current state of affairs, highlight the importance of highly social species as flagships for the lesser-known solitary bees, the dire need for further research for food security, and identify target research areas in need of further study. Finally, we outline a framework via which we will catalyze future research in the region, especially via governmental and other partnerships necessary to effectively conserve species.
AB - The challenges of bee research in Asia are unique and severe, reflecting different cultures, landscapes, and faunas. Strategies and frameworks developed in North America or Europe may not prove applicable. Virtually none of these species have been assessed by the IUCN and there is a paucity of public data on even the basics of bee distribution. If we do not know the species present, their distribution and threats, we cannot protect them, but our knowledge base is vanishingly small in Asia compared to the rest of the world. To better understand and meet these challenges, this perspective conveys the ideas accumulated over hundreds of years of cumulative study of Asian bees by the authors, including academic, governmental, and other researchers from 13 Asian countries and beyond. We outline the special circumstances of Asian bee research and the current state of affairs, highlight the importance of highly social species as flagships for the lesser-known solitary bees, the dire need for further research for food security, and identify target research areas in need of further study. Finally, we outline a framework via which we will catalyze future research in the region, especially via governmental and other partnerships necessary to effectively conserve species.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110173
DO - 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110173
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85169010982
SN - 0006-3207
VL - 285
JO - Biological Conservation
JF - Biological Conservation
M1 - 110173
ER -