Promote Pollinators members connect in online webinar

National strategies

The webinar was an opportunity for Promote Pollinators members to share their national pollinator strategies, and share knowledge with representatives from other countries. First, Lee Sun Ju from South Korea explained how the country works together with the beekeeping industry to protect pollinators. Following this, Silvia Castro, representing our new member Portugal, summarised the current situation in Portugal and the plans for the future. Although there are many small-scale pollinator initiatives in the country, Portugal still lacks a national governmental initiative. Up next, Yuko Karuachi of UNDP/BES-Net introduced BES-Net’s inspiring methodology to bring together different stakeholders for pollinator protection. Louisa Willows, working for Defra in the United Kingdom, told participants about Bees Needs’ Week, an annual event in the United Kingdom to raise public awareness about bees and other pollinators. Finally, Sikeade Egbuwalo from Nigeria presented about Nigeria’s participation in the Anglophone Africa Regional Trialogue, and Nigeria’s successes so far. The country is working on the development of a national database for pollinators, training farmers on beekeeping and raising public awareness about pollinator conservation, for example through the World Bee Day campaign.