> Pollinators are a key component of global biodiversity, providing vital ecosystem services to crops and wild plants. There is clear evidence of recent declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in the plants that rely upon them.  

> Growing concern about the fate of both domesticated and wild pollinators has resulted in the establishment of special initiatives by the Convention on Biological Diversity (International Pollinator Initiative) and several continental, national and regional programmes to tackle the issues of pollinator declines.  

> Given the weight of evidence of pollinator loss and associated risks, investment in developing mitigation options such as agri-environment schemes, protected area networks and alternative managed pollinators is essential to ensure sustainable pollination services in a changing world. 

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers
Simon G. Potts, et al
Trends in Ecology and Evolution Vol.25 No.6 June 2010

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