Native Pollinators & Australian Agriculture A Systems-Based Policy Analysis

Executive SummaryKEY FINDINGAustralia's native pollinator ecosystem faces a classic policy failure: the mechanism ofdecline is well understood (competitive displacement by honeybees combined with habitatloss), but intervention remains critically under-resourced. For every dollar spent protectinghoneybees from Varroa mite, less than one cent goes to native pollinator research.This white paper applies a systems-based diagnostic approach to analyse Australia's nativepollinator crisis. The analysis reveals systemic governance failure that threatens bothbiodiversity and long-term agricultural resilience.