Conservation International’s blog has a post on the problems faced by pollinators. A nice enough summary, but what struck me was the mention of CI’s new Food Security Strategy.
As a part of CI’s new Food Security Strategy, CI recognizes the critical role that native pollinators play in food production. The conservation and promotion of native pollinators is an excellent demonstration of where synergies between food security and healthy ecosystems can occur.
You can find more about it on another blog post. Will it be another agriculture-is-the-enemy diatribe? Maybe not. Something else for the to-read list.
Nature’s Matrix, which I highlight in recommended reads, makes a strong case for why agriculture and conservation need not be at loggerheads including the potential benefits to food production of conservation of native pollinators and other benefical insects. A World With Bees is another ‘popular’ book I would add to that list, and recommend in relation to this particular blog post.