*3.1. Selected Indicators*

Here we describe the nine indexes/indicators we selected, providing with information regarding their position in the European/national context (Figure 1):


**Figure 1.** Relative position of selected indicators when considering their recognition and/or endorsement in current legislations (national and/or international). In the green circle fall those indicators including (at least some) groups of pollinators. This image has been designed using resources from Flaticon.com (authors of icons: Freepik, Eucalyp, Darius Dan, surang, geotatah).


oldest data being collected in the UK in 1976. Italy started monitoring recently as part of the pilot project ABLE (Assessing Butterflies in Europe; [25]) and the data collected are still preliminary. GBI is mentioned in the Strategic Plan 2020–2024 of the DG Environment as an indicator of result (2.2; [26]).

