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Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity

A poster for the Yes campaign is seen in a garden ahead of a biodiversity referendum due to take place on Sept. 22, in Belp, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 24,2024. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

A poster for the Yes campaign is seen in a garden ahead of a biodiversity referendum due to take place on Sept. 22, in Belp, Switzerland, Saturday, Aug. 24,2024. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Trees, bushes and reeds grow along on a tributary of the Aare, in the Belper Giessen floodplain and river area in Belp, Switzerland, July 27, 2024. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Trees, bushes and reeds grow along on a tributary of the Aare, in the Belper Giessen floodplain and river area in Belp, Switzerland, July 27, 2024. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)

Flowers grow in an unfertilised agricultural meadow, on Sunday, 7 July 2024, in Saanen, Switzerland. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

Flowers grow in an unfertilised agricultural meadow, on Sunday, 7 July 2024, in Saanen, Switzerland. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

A farmer walks with a horse across a flower meadow next to blossoming standard fruit trees on Friday, April 5, 2024 in Uster, Switzerland. (Gaetan Bally/Keystone via AP)

A farmer walks with a horse across a flower meadow next to blossoming standard fruit trees on Friday, April 5, 2024 in Uster, Switzerland. (Gaetan Bally/Keystone via AP)

A poster for the No campaign ahead of a biodiversity referendum due to take place on Sept. 22, is seen in a field in Hoechstetten, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)

A poster for the No campaign ahead of a biodiversity referendum due to take place on Sept. 22, is seen in a field in Hoechstetten, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)