Pollinator habitat mappingin Oslo – potential policy

applications

David N. Barton, Zofie Cimburova, Erik Stange(NINA)

Enhancing Resilience of urban ecosystems through green infrastructure"

EnRoute Final conference – 14th meeting of the Technical Platform

Conference co-organised by the Committee of the Regions and the European Commission , Brussels, 29 January 2019

• ESTIMAP Pollination method

• Policy applications• Beehive carrying capacity

• Beehive optimal location

• Green roof habitat restoration

• Lessons learned

Overview

ESTIMAP pollination model

methodology

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Acknowledgement: Grazia Zulian(JRC)

ESTIMAP mapping methodology

Result: Pollinator habitat suitability map at highresolution (10m pixel) and regional planning scale

Local

Habitat suitabilityscore

City-wideFunctionalurban area

Local application #1: Zoning of honey bee hive

locationsto protect endangered wild bees

Red listed bee speciesand protected meadows

Map: Erik Stange, NINA

Proposed precautionary zonesFor honey bee keeping

Valuable nature types

Red listed bee species SensitiveNear endangered

MeadowsOpen calcarious

Map: Erik Stange, NINA

Proposed precautionary zonesFor honey bee keeping

Beehive locations(2015)

Beehive locations

1-4 beehives5 or more hives

Honey bee competition potential- quantitative data on foraging resources needed to assess beehive carrying capacity

Stange EE, Zulian G, Rusch GM, Barton D, Nowell M (2017) Ecosystem services mapping for

municipal policy: ESTIMAP and zoning for urban beekeeping. One Ecosystem 2:

e14014. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.2.e14014

Honeybee foraging abundance index [0, 1]

=f(N hives, flight distance)

Pollinator habitat suitabilityscore [0, 1]

Honeybee competitionpotential [-1.0 , +1.0]

Local application #2: Optimal productive location of

beehives

Productivitypotential ofexistingbeehives basedon availablehabitat potential

Map: Zofie Cimburova

Local application #3: Roof potential for pollinator

habitat off-setting & restoration

Targeting for beekeeping(hotspots)

Pollinator habitatpotential ofavailable roofarea (>10m2, <5o slope)

Map: Zofie Cimburova

Map: Zofie Cimburova

Targeting for green roofdevelopment(cold spots)

Pollinator habitatpotential ofavailable roofarea (>10m2, <5o slope)

Reliability requirement

policies and management practices aimed at environmental sustainability

1 da1 ha

10 ha1 km2

100 m2

Source: adapted from Zulian, G. et al. (2017) Practical application of spatial ecosystem service models to aid decision support (in press) Ecosystem Services

Lessons learned from

ESTIMAP Pollination at

local level in Oslo

public awareness

potential ecosystem

service indicator

spatial zoning of

landuses

(beekeeping)

targeting of habitat

restoration measures

carrying capacity

assessment

Thank you!