International commitments by governments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 15, “Life on Land”, affirm the importance of preventing species extinctions, mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services in policy making and funding delivery of better conservation.
The EU, which is a Signatory of the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), developed in the frame of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, The EU Pollinators Initiative2, agreed by all EU Members States; it sets three priorities: (1) Improving knowledge on the decline of pollinators, its causes and consequences; (2) Tackling the causes of such decline; (3) Raising awareness, engaging society and promoting collaboration for more and diverse pollinators, and pollinator-friendly landscapes.
