20 Dec 2019 --- Almost €15 billion (US$16.7 billion) of the EU’s annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators – insects that carry pollen from one plant or part of a plant to another – according to a report by the European Parliament (EP). In the past decades, pollinators have significantly declined in occurrence and diversity in the EU. In resolution adopted this week, the EP welcomed the EU Pollinators Initiative, but highlights that it fails to protect bees and other pollinators from some of the many causes of their decline, including intensive farming, pesticides, climate change, land-use changes, loss of habitat and invasive species.