An application of DPSIR framework to identify issues of pollinator loss

Piret Kuldna, Kaja Peterson, Helen Poltimae () and Jaan Luig

Ecological Economics, 2009, vol. 69, issue 1, 32-42

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to apply the Driving forces-Pressures-State-Impact-Responses (DPSIR) framework to identify the issues of pollinator loss. The linkages between the significant pressures on insect pollinators, their underlying socio-economic driving forces and responses, with the focus on Europe, are addressed in the study. A review of literature revealed the shortage of empirical studies that prove direct links between policy responses and specific pressures on the pollinators. Based on written evidence and expert judgement, land use practices and the use of agrochemicals were regarded as the most significant pressures on different functional groups of pollinators. As demonstrated in the study, agricultural and rural development policy has been the key driving force of these pressures. The application of the DPSIR framework proved to be useful in identifying the pathway of human pressures on pollinators. The study also concludes that there is further need for specific empirical research on the effects and effectiveness of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) measures (agri-environment measures in particular) to support farming practices that facilitate the protection of the environment and the prevention of pollinator loss.

Keywords: Pollinators; DPSIR; CAP; Agri-environment; measures; Land; use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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