New five-year roadmap to focus on survival of bees in nature

New pollinator plan includes focus on saving great yellow bumblebee, pictured, and other most endangered species. File Picture.  

A landscape where bees and other insects survive and provide us with vital ecosystem services is the aim of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.

Ireland was one of the first countries in Europe to address pollinator decline, by launching the Plan in 2015. Now, the second Pollinator Plan provides a five-year roadmap.