Priority attention is required to the components of biological diversity responsible for the maintenance of ecosystem services, including pollinators.
The Sao Paulo Declaration on Pollinators, based on the results of the Workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators in Agriculture, with an Emphasis on Bees, was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 7 to 9 October 1998.
The International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators is a cross-cutting initiative within the Conservation of Biological Diversity (CBD) programme of work on agricultural biodiversity to promote coordinated action worldwide to: (a) Monitor pollinator decline, its causes and its impact on pollination services; (b) Address the lack of taxonomic information on pollinators; (c) Assess the economic value of pollination and the economic impact of the decline of pollination services; (d) Promote the conservation and the restoration and sustainable use of pollinator diversity in agriculture and related ecosystems.
Organizations such as IUCN-The World Conservation Union, the International Bee Research Association and the International Commission for Plant-Bee Relationships, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, the international agriculture research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and other bodies collaborate in supporting actions addressing pollinator decline.