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Pollination is a fundamental ecosystem service for plant reproduction, agricultural production and the maintenance of terrestrial biodiversity. Almost 90 per cent of the world’s flowering plants are pollinated by insects and other animals, and it is estimated that about one-third of the global food volume produced benefits from animal pollination.

However, insect pollinators, in particular, can be adversely affected by pesticides. Therefore, the protection of pollinators from pesticides deserves attention and appropriate actions from policy makers, regulators, agricultural producers, and beekeepers.

• Regional consultations to foster exchanges among pesticide and biodiversity regulating authorities and experts on existing legislation and pollinator risk assessment methods and identify trends, potential gaps and good practices and on;
• Publication of the review of existing legislation to protect pollinators from pesticides in selected countries;
• Publication of the Review of approaches to the environmental risk assessment (ERA) for bees and other pollinators;
• Global seminar on strengthening regulations to protect pollinators from pesticides;
• Publication of the policy brief Protecting pollinators from pesticides: Urgent need for action,
• Side event at the 15th Meeting of the Conference to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity.