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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wild
pollinators worth up to $2.4 billion to farmers, study
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<P class=MsoNormal><U></U><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Berkeley</SPAN></FONT></B><U></U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> –
<U></U>California<U></U> agriculture reaps $937 million to $2.4 billion per
year in economic value from wild, free-living bee species that serve the
critical function of pollinating crops, according to a new study by scientists
at the <U></U>University<U></U> of <U></U>California<U></U>,
<U></U><U></U>Berkeley<U></U><U></U>, published this week in the June issue of
the journal <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><A title=http://www.srmjournals.org/ href="http://www.srmjournals.org/" target=_blank>Rangelands</A>.</SPAN></I><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">About one-third of the value of
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> agriculture comes from
pollinator-dependent crops, representing a net value of $11.7 billion per
year, according to the study. Currently, many farmers rent European honeybees
to ensure crop pollination, and it has been widely assumed that wild
pollinators were not a significant source of crop pollination. However, the
new study found that wild pollinators residing in
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U>’s natural habitats, chiefly rangelands,
provide 35-39 percent, or more than one-third, of all pollination “services”
to the state’s crops. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“This means that preserving
rangelands has significant economic value, not only to the ranchers who graze
their cattle there, but also to farmers who need the pollinators,” said Claire
Kremen, UC Berkeley associate professor of environmental science, policy and
management, and senior author of the study. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The study is the first to
calculate the percentage of crop pollinators that are wild, free-living
species based on their proximity to natural habitats, and thus to identify the
economic value of the pollination service due to wild pollinators.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Researchers said both rented
European honeybees and wild pollinator bee species are currently experiencing
supply problems. More than 1 million honeybee colonies are imported to
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> each year, chiefly for almond
pollination. Recently, beekeepers have suffered high rates of colony losses
due to diseases, pesticides and management factors, increasing the uncertainty
of both supply and rental prices. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wild pollinator species also show
declines in abundance and diversity on farmlands, most likely due to habitat
loss from the intensive monoculture, or single crop, production system that
typifies much of <U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U>’s agricultural
lands.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Currently, wild pollinators are
least abundant in intensive monoculture production areas such as sunflowers,
almonds and melons, where demand for pollination services is largest,” said
Kremen, who was named a 2007 MacArthur Fellow for her work in ecology,
biodiversity and agriculture.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Wild
pollinators key to sustainability<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kremen said the findings suggest
that if farmers paid ranchers to stay on the land and maintain the habitat,
the farmers would be increasing their sources of pollination and developing
critical diversification to support their agricultural
practices.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“We would never invest all of our
retirement savings in just one stock, but this is essentially what farmers do
when they rely solely on the European honeybee for pollination,” said Kremen.
She said this is exactly what is occurring in
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> agriculture right now.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Diversifying their monetary
investment in pollinators to include wild, rangeland-dwelling species is the
same idea as diversifying a stock portfolio,” she said, adding that the
unpredictability associated with climate change amplifies the importance of
diversification. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Some insect species will thrive
in changed climate conditions, and other won’t. Maintaining a biodiverse stock
of pollinators is like the insurance that a diversified stock portfolio
brings: some will be up, some will be down, but having a portfolio of many
different species ensures viability into the future,” Kremen
said.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Placing a value on ecosystem
services is an established part of conservation science and helps scientists
understand the contributions of various elements of an ecosystem and how they
influence each other.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The UC Berkeley researchers
estimated the current contribution of wild pollinators to
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> agriculture by integrating their
knowledge of the relationship between natural habitat and wild pollination
services with the added dimension of location-specific data.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Essentially, we identified where
wild pollinators were living in relation to crops. When we put it all on a
map, we got a highly informative picture of how the pollinators could be
impacting crop production,” Kremen said. She said they used data from the
National Agriculture Statistics Service on crop production and value to help
calculate the monetary value.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Changing
perspective on role of rangeland <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Lynn Huntsinger, a <FONT color=#262626><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(38,38,38)">professor of rangeland
management at UC Berkeley who is not affiliated with the study,
</SPAN></FONT>said that the findings are significant because the study is the
first to discover that conserving rangelands enhances crop
production.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“This evidence of economic
symbiosis makes it clear that rangeland conservation cannot be separated from
the needs of agriculture, whether it is farming or ranching,” Huntsinger
said.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">She said that precisely because
rangelands have been used for ranching – livestock grazing – ranchers have
kept the land conserved and stewarded it in ways that result in habitat that
sustains wild bee species as well as other wildlife.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“Studies in some ecosystems have
shown that well-managed grazing can keep invasive grasses from shading out the
flowering herbs that native pollinators rely on,” Huntsinger said.
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The state’s rangelands have been
decreasing steadily, as the foothills and oak-dotted grasslands can be highly
desirable for residential development, Huntsinger said.
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> lost 105,000 acres of grazing lands to
urbanization between 1990 and 2004, according to the state Department of
Conservation. The California Oak Foundation projects that the state could lose
another 750,000 acres by 2040. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">She said the vast majority of
rangelands are privately owned, and income from ranching is usually small
compared to the price the land can command in the real estate market, so when
cash is needed for college, retirement or other major expenses, ranchers face
strong pressure to sell.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“This new finding about
pollinators is important because not only does it tell us something we need to
know to maintain our ability to grow food, it also provides a statewide value
for the service of providing pollinator habitat. Ranchers need to get that
value and other rangeland values recognized in order to sustain their
ranches,” Huntsinger said.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The finding comes at a time when
there is growing interest within the ranching community in providing ecosystem
services, Huntsinger said. For example, as part of conservation efforts,
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U> ranchers have been asked to maintain
flowers for endangered butterflies and to keep small spring wetlands known as
vernal pools healthy – using grazing as a tool to manipulate the
grassland.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Darrel Sweet, a fifth generation
cattle rancher from <U></U><U></U>Livermore<U></U><U></U> and a former
president of the California Cattlemen's Association, <SPAN>said that placing a
dollar value on rangelands pollination services lends powerful support to
these efforts.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“The value of grazing and other
land stewardship practices of <U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U>’s
ranchers is being increasingly acknowledged as not only a preferred land use,
but also as an essential resource management tool,” said Sweet. “I hope this
study is just the beginning of comparable findings that show how ranching is a
critical – and multifaceted – element of
<U></U><U></U>California<U></U><U></U>
agriculture.”<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Calling to mind the classic
“Oklahoma!” song “The Farmer and Cowman Should Be Friends,” the study’s
findings suggest a host of ways farmers might work with ranchers to their
mutual benefit, Kremen said. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">While the study issues the caveat
that the exact value of pollination services from natural habitats is
difficult to pin down using currently available data, Kremen said the findings
highlight from a biophysical perspective how important this value
is.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sources:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Claire Kremen, <A title="tel:(510) 643-6339" href="tel:%28510%29%20643-6339" target=_blank value="+15106436339">(510) 643-6339</A>, <A title=mailto:ckremen@berkeley.edu href="mailto:ckremen@berkeley.edu" target=_blank>ckremen@berkeley.edu</A><BR>Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, <A title="tel:(831) 331-6015" href="tel:%28831%29%20331-6015" target=_blank value="+18313316015">(831) 331-6015</A>, <A title=mailto:rchaplin@berkeley.edu href="mailto:rchaplin@berkeley.edu" target=_blank>rchaplin@berkeley.edu</A><BR>Lynn Huntsinger, <A title="tel:(510) 685-1884" href="tel:%28510%29%20685-1884" target=_blank value="+15106851884">(510) 685-1884</A>, <A title=mailto:huntsinger@berkeley.edu href="mailto:huntsinger@berkeley.edu" target=_blank>huntsinger@berkeley</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Claire Kremen<BR>Associate Professor and Head Graduate
Advisor<BR>Environmental Sciences Policy and Management<BR>130 Mulford
Hall<BR>University of California <BR>Berkeley, CA
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