{"id":12398,"date":"2022-06-22T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/bcparksblog\/?p=12398"},"modified":"2022-09-27T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:46:19","slug":"pollinator-conservation-management-for-climate-change-in-british-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/bcparksblog\/2022\/06\/22\/pollinator-conservation-management-for-climate-change-in-british-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinator conservation management for climate change in British Columbia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pollinator conservation management for climate change in British Columbia\u00a0<\/h1>\n
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Happy Pollinator Week! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes and are important for ecosystem functioning around the world. Protected areas, like those that BC Parks takes care of, let scientists collect data that help us understand the baseline conditions for comparison as we cope with climate change impacts on both protected and unprotected areas.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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A queen yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola) on a willow.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The BC Parks Living Lab Program, funded by the BC Parks Licence Plate Program, supported Simon Fraser University (SFU) to study pollinators in our changing climate. SFU researchers wanted to know: how do pollinators move through landscapes impacted by fire? Can this information be used to manage wildfires in a way that is most supportive for pollinator needs? If pollinators\u2019 needs are supported, then plants\u2019 needs are supported and these are foundational elements of every functional habitat and ecosystem. Bumble bees have some cool characteristics that make them important and unique pollinators in B.C, and particularly useful for our research questions. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A queen western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis) on a white clover.ocus on collecting them for research doing our best to minimize negative impacts on the populations. <\/span> <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n