In 2013, an opportunity arose in England to develop an agri‐environment package for wild pollinators, as part of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme launched in 2015. An agri‐environment package is a bundle of management options that together supply sufficient resources to support a target group of species. This paper documents information that was available at the time to develop such a package for wild pollinators. Four questions needed answering. Focussing on wild bees, we provide tentative answers that were used to inform development of the package.
How much flower‐rich habitat is enough for wild pollinators? Answering a key policy question with incomplete knowledge
Year: 2015
