Welcome to the EU Pollinators Knowledge hive.
On 1 June 2018, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the first-ever EU initiative on pollinators.
This initiative has three main priorities, namely improving knowledge of pollinator decline, its causes and consequences, tackling the causes of this decline and engaging society-at-large to promote collaboration.
Pollinators are a diverse group of animals that pollinate crops and wild plants. In Europe, pollinators are primarily insects like bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles and other fly species. Some of these species are domesticated, like for example honey bees. Nearly 4 out of 5 wild flowers need animal pollination, while more than 4 out of 5 crops benefit from it.
In the past decades, pollinators have declined in occurrence and diversity in the EU.
Browse the sections below and learn how each EU Member State is dealing with this problem and what you can do to help protect wild pollinators through easy steps.
Want to get involved in the fight for the safeguard of pollinators? Check the map and find interesting initiatives around you!
Guidance documents
In these thorough guidance documents we have collected and reviewed best practices for different target audiences: managing and local authorities, businesses and citizens.
Member states fiches
Curious about the state of play around pollinators in each EU Member State? We summarized it for you in these practical fiches.
Educational material
In this section you will find educational materials that have been collected through two methods: direct contact with NGOs, research and educational organizations and internet search.
Direct access to:
- Guidance documents
- Member States briefings
- Educational material
- Downloadable materials from 2019 campaign (postcards, banners, etc)
- Video interviews
- Video case studies
- Useful links to external resources
