All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025
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OBJECTIVES
Creating an island where pollinators can survive and thrive
The Pollinator Plan has six objectives:
Irish pollinators are in decline. The problem is serious, and in Making farmland pollinator friendly 1
order to ensure the sustainability of our food production; to
By working together with the farming community, we
avoid additional economic impact on the agricultural sector; and to protect the health of the environment, it requires
want to achieve an increased awareness of pollinators
immediate attention.
and the resources they need in order to survive on farmland.
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is a shared plan of action. By
Making public land pollinator friendly 2
working together, we can collectively take steps to help restore
By working together with Councils, Transport
pollinator populations to healthy levels. Over the next five
Authorities, Local Communities and others, we want
years, this plan will work to bring about a landscape where
to better coexist with biodiversity and help return
pollinators can flourish.
food and shelter for pollinators to our island. Making private land pollinator friendly 3
The loss of natural and semi-natural habitats has been a key
From gardens, to businesses, faith communities and
driver in pollinator declines. At its core, the Pollinator Plan is about providing food and shelter across all types of land so that
sports clubs, we want to work together to create
our pollinators can survive and thrive. It creates a framework
networks of biodiversity-friendly habitat across our
to bring together pollinator initiatives across the island, so
landscape.
that through coordination and cooperation, we can achieve
All-Ireland Honeybee Strategy 4
our goal.
By supporting beekeepers, we want to achieve healthy, sustainable populations, and for honeybees to be part of a cohesive pollinator message that balances managed and wild pollinator populations.
Conserving rare pollinators 5
By improving our knowledge on rare pollinators, and by raising awareness through dedicated initiatives, we want to achieve a Plan that protects as much wild pollinator diversity as possible.
Strategic coordination of the Plan 6
By continually raising awareness; addressing gaps in our knowledge through research; and by tracking where pollinators occur and how populations are changing, we want to work from an evidence base that enables us to coordinate a dynamic plan that is targeted and effective.
Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius © Steven Falk
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