Celebrate Pollinator Week, 2023!
Dear AIG Observers,
With the warm weather in full swing here in the Northern Hemisphere, pollinators are abuzz with activity! We hope that as you spend time outside, you take notice of your local insect pollinators (and snap a photo for the Global Pollinator Watch project)!
Please also join us next week in celebrating Pollinator Week 2023 (June 19 – 25)! This annual, weeklong initiative hosted and maintained by Pollinator Partnership seeks to recognize the importance of pollinators and educate members of the public on how to protect and conserve them.
This year’s theme is Pollinators and Climate Change – highlighting the impacts of a changing climate on pollinator health and survival, while also noting that pollinator conservation can be a tool to combat the climate crisis. We hope that you will join a local or virtual event, consider ways that you can protect pollinators in your daily life, or educate your friends, family, and community about the importance of pollinators. Please check out the Pollinator Partnership website to learn more about Pollinator Week and how you can support insect pollinators: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week
One simple action you can take is to continue to contribute to this Global Pollinator Watch project on iNaturalist. Your observations of insect pollinators provide essential data for Earthwatch scientists to better understand pollinator presence and diversity around the world.
We also encourage you to the Pollinator Week Toolkit for resources on how to take action: https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator-week/toolkit
Thank you for your ongoing contributions!
The Global Pollinator Watch Team
