Pollination is critical to sustaining human nutrition and agricultural livelihoods. Studies show a decline in pollinator biodiversity in regions such as North America and Europe where long-term studies are available. In Africa, the conservation sector lacks the baseline data, effective monitoring methods, information services, and evidence of pollinator status and value to influence policy or contribute to global assessments. Currently, the main end-user of pollinator information is the agriculture sector, which must manage pollination to increase productivity and reduce reliance on chemicals.

Our goal for the Pollinator Biodiversity Program is to increase the accessibility and quality of pollinator biodiversity data through a long-term investment in collecting baseline data, developing technologies and methods to do so, and creating data sharing platforms relevant at regional and local levels.

• Our grantmaking initiatives aim to meet needs in Africa to establish pollinator biodiversity baselines, assessment tools, and data sharing platforms.
• We seek to increase the ability of the agriculture sector to use biodiversity data collection and assessment tools to make the case for pollinator management and improved practices.