All-Ireland Pollinator Plan: Council Partners Report 2024

The 2024 All-Ireland Pollinator Plan Council Partner report has been published, and is available to view here: All-Ireland Pollinator Plan Council Partner Report 2024

Now in its ninth year, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan has gathered support from councils and local authorities on the island of Ireland. In 2023, all local authorities signed up as Council Partners to the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, showing we are now all on the same page when it comes to managing our landscape for pollinators.

The work of local authorities continues to grow in scale and ambition. In 2024, this work has included extensive meadow restoration, development of local provenance stock through local seed harvesting, habitat mapping projects to identify, protect, restore and establish areas for pollinators, and significant efforts to reduce pesticide use.

Pollinating insects are still in decline across the island of Ireland, but local populations are increasing where actions have been taken to help them. This shows what we are doing is working and gives us hope that if we continue to take action together, we can create an island where pollinators can survive and thrive. Local authorities have a huge role to play in this, and are already carrying out significant work to protect biodiversity and pollinators, as reflected in the 2024 report.

Pollinator-friendly verges in Kells (Meath County Council)

 

2024 Council Partner report

Every council partner is required to submit an update on their actions for pollinators, which is then published on the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan website. This facilitates transparency and accountability, and knowledge-sharing between local authorities.

The 2024 report demonstrates some of the excellent work being done by councils to help pollinators. Each Council is different, as reflected in the varied areas of focus and the wide range of actions reported. Many councils are tackling the same challenging areas of work, from large-scale meadow management to identifying pesticide alternatives. The Pollinator Plan advocates prioritising the protection of existing natural and semi natural habitats, creating natural meadows through reduced mowing, sustainable pollinator-friendly planting, and eliminating pesticide use.

The intention of this report is to showcase the positive work being carried out by councils, and to provide a mechanism for knowledge exchange between them, inviting local authorities to reach out to one another to learn from each other’s experiences and expertise.

 

What’s next?

In the All-Ireland Pollinators Plan 2021-2025, Objective 2 is to make public land more pollinator friendly. Over the course of the next phase, we want to better support our Council Partners by providing more and updated evidence-based resources, more technical advice, and more knowledge exchange opportunities.

 

Read the full 2024 report here: All-Ireland Pollinator Plan Council Report 2024 – PDF

 

We sincerely thank all our Council Partners for their support of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan in 2024

 

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