Report for a list of Annex I habitat types important for Pollinators

The European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity has prepared this Technical paper in collaboration with the European Environment Agency (EEA) under its 2020 work programmes as a contribution to the EEA’s work on biodiversity assessments.

In the framework of EU Pollinators Initiative, the Commission intends to identify the habitat types from the Annex I of the Habitats Directive that are the most important for pollinators, and then to assess their condition based on the reporting provided by Member States under the Article 17 and other available data. In order to develop such a list of important habitat types for pollinators, the best indicators to consider are their ability to provide food sources (pollen and nectar) and nesting sites, as those are the two essential parameters governing the life cycles of pollinator insects.