Kennis over bestuivers in Nederland: Wordt de bestaande kennis over bestuivende insecten gevonden door de mensen die het nodig hebben?

Since 2018, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Security has teamed up with a large number of organisations under the umbrella of the ‘Dutch Bee Strategy’, with the end goal to conserve and promote Pollinators and their pollination services. The ‘Theory of Change’ that was developed for the strategy mentions the development and spread of (scientific) knowledge as essential components, to ensure that actors are taking effective measures. As the number of knowledge sources has expanded in recent years via various initiatives, among which the research program ‘Kennisimpuls Bestuivers’, an evaluation is due on whether actors indeed have the information they need and which improvements can still be made in this respect. This report presents the results of this evaluation, in which we studied both the needs and availability of knowledge on pollinators. All identified knowledge products have been added to the web portal ‘Wegwijzer Bestuivers’.