Environmental Accounting Explainer Series “Pollination Services”

• Pollination accounting is the monetary valuation of the contribution of pollinators (bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, birds, bats, flies) to agricultural output, plugging a gap in conventional crop statistics.
• Released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) as part of the Environmental Accounting Explainer Series, anchored in the SEEA (System of Environmental-Economic Accounting) framework.
• For UPSC, it links ecosystem services valuation (GS-III economy + environment) with India's biodiversity and SDG/SEEA commitments.