Bosnia and Herzagovina joined the Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators and integrate pollination issues into national strategies

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Building on the discussion at the BES-Net Regional Trialogue on Pollinators, Food Security and Rural Development in Eastern Europe, the host country of Bosnia and Herzegovina signed the Declaration on the Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators on 21 March, joining the group of like-minded countries and formally committing to take national action to protect pollinators and their habitats and to develop, facilitate and implement pollinator strategies in line with the IPBES Pollination Assessment. The effort is ongoing to integrate the elements of pollination services in both the National Climate Change Strategy, National Environment Strategy and Rural Development Strategy.