The natural environment

Pollinator strategy

We’re taking action to make York more pollinator friendly.

There are more than 4,000 species of insects in the UK that pollinate native wild plants and food crops, but they're under threat, and in decline, due to habitat loss and excessive pesticide use.

We want to introduce a new Pollinator Strategy to ensure local residents, businesses and landowners are provided with information, to help protect and increase the numbers of insects that play a part in pollination of our native wild plants and our food crops, such as bumblebees, butterflies and beetles.

The new strategy aims to:

protect, increase and enhance the amount of pollinator habitats on council owned or managed land
help to improve the status of any locally threatened species
ensure the protection of our city’s biodiversity

An example of this work in action is the creation of the York Community Woodland.

See the City of York pollinator strategy 2020 – 2025