In the last 12 months we’ve seen the release of the National Pollinator Strategy for England and the USA’s Strategy to Promote the Health of Honeybees and Other Pollinators. Now the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have joined forces to produce the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, a strategy for 2015-2020 that has been released today. Follow that link and you can download a copy.
This appears to be the first cross-jurisdiction pollinator plan in the world and, as such, is to be welcomed; as I said in my reflections on the National Pollinator Strategy, biodiversity does not respect political boundaries.
Better verge management has to be the key to increased pollinator forage. Miles and miles of interconnected pathways which would increase diversity significantly if they were correctly managed.
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It certainly has a role to play, I agree, but better overall management of our landscapes is also important.
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