Pollinators (IMAGE)

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Pollinators

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Insect pollinators are nature’s multi-billion dollar providers. For 2005 the total economic value of insect pollination was estimated at Euros 153 billion. This represents 9.5 percent of world agricultural output for human food in 2005. (Gallai et al. 2009)

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Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ

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