Pauly, Dekoninck & Boevé, Tanzania (ongoing)

Training course on Hymenoptera and other pollinators in Tanzania

Abstract:

There is increasing global concern regarding pollinator population declines related to land use intensification, climate change and poor pollinator management. The College of African Wildlife Managment in Mweka (CAWM), Tanzania, has proposed a project to the JRS Biodiversity Foundation to assess the diversity, abundance, and distribution of pollinators in Tanzania.

RBINS scientists were contacted to join efforts to manage a training session on systematics of pollinators.

RBINS has a large international expertise on Hymenoptera, an important group of pollinators including bees, wasps, ants and sawflies. Three experts from the RBINS participated in the training in Mweka and in the field training during three weeks. RBINS researchers trained 12 participants including project team members, some students, lab technicians as well as other staff members from collaborating institutions.

Trainees collecting bees near Mweka using hand net technics; Mount Kilimandjaro in the background ((c) A. Pauly)