Futures Forum: Lobbying over the Roundup weedkiller >>> crunchtime: Monday 6th June
Defra has rejected an emergency application for growers to use banned neonicotinoid seed treatments on oilseed rape this autumn:
The National Farmers' Union has now applied for a more limited application to use these treatments:
And this tussle over weedkillers and the EU is having an impact on opinion over Brexit:
But local authorities are under a lot of pressure:
And campaigning groups are putting pressure on keeping the ban in place:
BREAKING: last night powerful lobbyists put in yet another application to bring back bee-killing pesticides to our fields. [1] And government advisers will be approving or blocking the application this Tuesday. [2]
At the moment these pesticides are banned because of the toxic impact they have on our environment including bees. [3] The ban's still in place thanks to thousands of 38 Degrees members blocking the lobbyist's previous application earlier this year. [4]
Scientists have found that these pesticides have a severe effect on our wildlife. [5] But we don’t just have to take their word for it - we can see it happening right now. In parts of China, because of the shrinking bee population, people are having to pollinate crops one by one - by hand. [6]
Here is hand-pollination in action on apple tree fields in China:
Sign the petition to protect bees from toxic pesticides:
[5] The Independent - Pesticides linked to mass bee deaths also affect other friendly organisms including birds and fish
List of crops pollinated by bees:List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BREAKING: last night powerful lobbyists put in yet another application to bring back bee-killing pesticides to our fields. [1] And government advisers will be approving or blocking the application this Tuesday. [2]
At the moment these pesticides are banned because of the toxic impact they have on our environment including bees. [3] The ban's still in place thanks to thousands of 38 Degrees members blocking the lobbyist's previous application earlier this year. [4]
Scientists have found that these pesticides have a severe effect on our wildlife. [5] But we don’t just have to take their word for it - we can see it happening right now. In parts of China, because of the shrinking bee population, people are having to pollinate crops one by one - by hand. [6]
Here is hand-pollination in action on apple tree fields in China:
Sign the petition to protect bees from toxic pesticides:
Keep bee-killing pesticides off our fields this year
NOTES
[1] Farmers Weekly: NFU ‘gives best shot’ at second bid for neonics
[2] From the minutes of the last meeting of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP):
“8.1 It was confirmed that the Committee’s next meeting will be held in York on 26 July 2016. An additional meeting might be held in York on 14 June 2016 if Emergency Authorisation submissions are made” - this meeting on the 14th June is now going ahead.
NOTES
[1] Farmers Weekly: NFU ‘gives best shot’ at second bid for neonics
[2] From the minutes of the last meeting of the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP):
“8.1 It was confirmed that the Committee’s next meeting will be held in York on 26 July 2016. An additional meeting might be held in York on 14 June 2016 if Emergency Authorisation submissions are made” - this meeting on the 14th June is now going ahead.
[3] New York Times: Pesticides linked to honeybee deaths pose more risks, European group says
[4] Together, we managed to block the last pesticide application, read the story here:Bees get a break - 38 Degrees
[4] Together, we managed to block the last pesticide application, read the story here:Bees get a break - 38 Degrees
[5] The Independent - Pesticides linked to mass bee deaths also affect other friendly organisms including birds and fish
List of crops pollinated by bees:List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[6] Huffington Post: These photos capture the startling effect of shrinking bee populations
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