Thriving wild pollinator populations are essential for healthy, resilient farmland ecosystems. Farmland across Europe can be made into a more hospitable place for wild pollinators, in turn improving the pollination services for some of our most economically important crops.
This report reviews the types of actions that can be supported by CAP measures, examines what impact CAP Rural Development Programmes during the 2014 to 2020 period may be having on pollinators, and provides recommendations for how pollinator conservation can be integrated into CAP Strategic Plans for the post 2020 period.
Annexes: more information and case studies
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