Earlier, the White House revealed a new plan that could help declining population of butterflies and bees. According to reports, beekeepers in the United States lost nearly half of their honeybee colonies in 2014. Apart from bees, the population of monarch butterflies has also been declining. Over the last two decades, the population of monarch butterflies declined about 90%.

Karen Oberhauser, a conservation biologist with the department of wildlife and conservation biology at the University of Minnesota, said that the current situation is desperate and it is important to take immediate actions to stop the declining population the insects.

According to the United States government’s plan, about seven million acres of federal land will be restored and protected for the habitat for the pollinating insects.

Scott Hoffman Black, executive director at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, said that the land will be used to flourish the population of monarchs. According to some experts, the new plan of the Obama administration could help in saving the butterflies.

Oberhauser said that there is a need to grow flowers as source of nectar for bees and milkweed plants for butterflies.

Apart from government, people in the country could get involved with citizen science projects, Black added.

According to Oberhauser, the plan by the US government could be a great start to save the insects from extinction.

Black said, “The success of the strategy will be in its implementation, in particular, adequate funding and appropriate actions by agencies. We will continue to work with and support the White House and federal agencies as they move forward”.