The UK government has spent more than GBP 350,000 (EUR 400,000) on a biodiversity initiative which aims at improving the conditions for pollinators such as bees.
The Department for Education (DfE) announced that 200,000 packets of wildflower seeds had been sent to primary schools all across the United Kingdom. Officials hope that regional ecosystems would benefit if pupils plant the seeds at their schools’ premises.
The DfE has cooperated with the Eden Project, an educational charity, over the project, which is associated with the coronation of King Charles on the 6th of May. The monarch has been an engaged campaigner for the protection of the environment.
Organisers hope that an additional 40 hectares of wildflower measures – which is the equivalent of 55 football pitches – would be created. The packets include seeds from native wildflower species such as cornflower, corn chamomile and corn poppy.
Earlier this year, the United Nations warned that almost 35 per cent of invertebrate pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, were threatened by extinction globally.
