Abstract Humanity depends on agriculture for food, fiber and energy provisioning, but input-intensive agricultural production is impacting ecosystem services such as pollination. Pollution effects from neonicotinoid insecticides on pollinators receive much attention, but nothing is known on the synergistic effects with emerging plastic contaminants and the mitigation potential of agricultural diversification. Here, we conduct the first full-factorial mesocosm study to understand two-generation effects of diversified floral resources (diversification treatment), neonicotinoid and microplastic pollution (pollution treatments) on Osmia cornifrons bees in 72 mesocosms. In three-year experiment, we found that diversification can mitigate negative neonicotinoid effects. We did not find any individual or synergistic effects of realistic exposure levels microplastic on reproductive performance of solitary bees. None of our treatments detectably affected rapeseed yield. Diversified flower resources in Chinese agricultural landscapes to mitigate pesticide pollution effects on pollinators is an important policy argument for pollinator protection with downstream implications for food security.

The relationship between urban flora and ecosystem services in neighborhoods with socioeconomic disparities: A model in Northeast Brazil

Analysis of intellectual and thematic progress of the Journal of Environmental Management - Section V: Environmental Policy, Economics, and Social Science.

Development of an ecological security pattern framework by integrating multiple conservation-related data sources and models in infrastructure disturbance areas.

The role of farm size in public goods provision: An agent-based model of habitat conservation in agricultural landscapes.

Context-dependent influence of mussel aquaculture on benthic nutrient cycling.

Trade-offs between land use intensity and ecosystem services in ecologically critical areas from a decoupling perspective and their policy implications

Emerging contaminants (ECs) comprise classes of natural and anthropogenic chemicals that are increasingly detected in the environment especially waterways. The risk of ECs in the environment is recognized as an issue of concern in New Zealand. Environmental managers commissioned two virtual workshops to design a national survey of ECs in New Zealand where the largely primary production-based economy depends on uncontaminated natural resources and the ecosystem services they provide. Two 2- hour virtual workshops were commissioned to discuss the design of a national survey of ECs in New Zealand's waterways. The aim of these workshops was to hold initial discussions supporting the design and establishment of a national ECs survey of New Zealand rivers taking consideration of key technical aspects. The Ministry for the Environment and local authorities (regional councils) acknowledged the uncertainty associated with assessing the impacts of ECs on the New Zealand environment and developing protective actions and policy to minimize risk. Environmental managers, regulators, research scientists from Australasia, and Māori participants agreed that many knowledge gaps remain to fully characterize and assess the hazards of ECs both in New Zealand and globally. The importance of involving Māori is paramount when addressing EC issues and to develop sustainable solutions incorporating Indigenous knowledge and values. A key conclusion was that the large number of potential contaminants requires an approach for ranking ECs. As such, further research is needed to better characterize the type, quantities, sources, and fate of ECs in the environment as a first step towards identifying high-risk priority ECs. This would underpin an effective monitoring frameworks and inform policy that will ensure the sustainable management of ECs. It was recognized that collaboration across academic, industry, and government organizations is needed to coordinate and conduct effective ECs research by enabling prioritization and optimization of the resources and capability.

Effects of grazing intensity on ecosystem services in arid grasslands and implications for management

What are the differences between ecosystem services and residents’ perceptions? Insights from perception gap, heterogeneity, and cross-level driving mechanisms

Ecological compensation for national parks based on carbon sink and ecosystem services.

Warming-driven biotic differentiation of demersal fish across depths in the central mediterranean sea.

Assessing the environmental sustainability of the billion trees afforestation project through life cycle assessment.

Invisible pressures: A global review of unconventional coastal pollution sources and their environmental impacts.

Spatial arrangement of action-oriented versus hybrid agri-environmental schemes: implications for the optimisation of grassland ecosystem services

Response of microbial communities in sediments from marine artificial and natural habitats to seasonal variations.

Exploring trade-offs and synergies in the water-agriculture-ecology nexus via cropping structure optimization.

Integrating future land use uncertainty and spatial scales into ecosystem service degradation risk assessment for urban ecological management

Are intertidal habitats keeping up with nutrient export? Insights from modelling climate and management scenarios.

Economic valuation of ecosystem service bundles based on landscape pattern evolution in karst plateaus