Ten policies for pollinators

Abstract

Ten pollinator policies1. Raise pesticide regulatory standards.2. Promote integrated pest management (IPM).3. Include indirect and sublethal ef ects inGM crop risk assessments.4. Regulate movement of managed pollinators.5. Develop incentives, such as insurance schemes,to help farmers benef t from ecosystemservices instead of agrochemicals.6. Recognize pollination as an agricultural inputin extension services.7. Support diversif ed farming systems.8. Conserve and restore ?green infrastructure?(a network of habitats that pollinators can movebetween) in agricultural and urban landscapes.9. Develop long-term monitoring of pollinatorsand pollination.10. Fund participatory research on improvingyields in organic, diversif ed, and ecologicallyintensif ed farming.