The shadowy parallel court system of major trade agreements makes it difficult for countries to ban broad-spectrum insecticides.
… Corporate courts threat to insects Phil Carter | 17th May 2021 | News Biodiversity Insects International Trade Editor’s Picks … as neonicotinoids despite the ongoing loss of insects, including key pollinators, globally. …
What action is the sugar industry taking to find sustainable alternatives to bee-killing neonicotinoids, and why has it been so slow?
… found to cause severe harm to pollinating insects, many species of which are … to the survival of bees and other pollinating insects. Neonicotinoids are systemic … research on how farmers can attract other insects that eat aphids – such as lacewing, …
The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will this week call for for a five-year £8m research programme to save the insect from colony collapse disorder (CCD).
Campaign to save British Bees launched 12th February 2008 News Bees CCD Farming Species Extinction Pests And Pesticides Diversity Food Security Climate Change Natural World News web pic 2_118.jpg The …
Is the light brown apple moth such a danger to crops both agricultural and financial that the US government will risk the health of its citizens to eradicate it? They spray, you pay, warns Claire Robinson
… product was designed 33– for example, to kill insects or (in this case) to disrupt mating. … due to health concerns, the beneficial insects came back and the LBAM ceased to be a …
Recent reports of catastrophic declines in bee populations have had scientists buzzing around looking for a plausible explanation. Is it mites? Is it GM crops? Is it mobile phones or habitat loss? It's all of these things, says Pat Thomas, but it's also so much more than that.
… factor is the way that other bees and insects avoid these abandoned nests. In … on top of each other, also stresses the insects out. Higher levels of stress in turn …
Lockdown dam development webinars in Himalayan regions have been recruiting fish conservationists as specialist speakers.
Ichthyologists wanted for dam greenwashing Steve Lockett | 6th July 2021 | News Conservation Dams Greenwash hydropower_dam_construction.jpg Lockdown dam development webinars in Himalayan regions have …
Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in Antarctica are bringing with them seeds, spores, lichens and mosses alien to the continent.
Tourists bring threat of Antarctic ‘lawns’ 29th January 2008 News Antarctic Species Invasion Global Warming Climate Change News web pic 2_41.jpg Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in …
In the past decade, the sales pitch of the biotech companies has shifted with the climate of public opinion. Public scepticism has remained high, but politicians seem to have bought enthusiastically into the GM ‘solution’. In many ways this encapsulates where science has gone wrong – by inventing technologies without first deciding what problems need addressing. If GM crops are the answer, what exactly is the problem?
… enough accommodate the needs of birds and insects that feed on weeds, as well as …
A decision to allow the destruction of an ancient woodland suggests the UK’s environmental policies are crumbling at the first hint of oil, says Sarah Lewis
… stasis. It is filled with ancient spores, insects, vertebrates, fungi, all things with …
With its grass roof, solar panels and low-energy lighting, the beautiful game now has its own beautiful eco home. David Craik meets the man making it happen
… ‘It provides good heat insulation and insects and birds love it,’ Bill explains. ‘It …
Battling a fractured back and the vagaries of the weather high in the Pyrenees, is the biodynamic dream of wine writer turned grower Monty Waldin about to turn sour?
… the weeds to act as a habitat break for insects such as ladybirds, which will …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… as high as 400ppm10. Mammals, birds and insects are also affected as pesticides are …
Whether we like it or not, the Government says that we must accept the necessity of genetically modified crops to fuel, feed and heal the world. Leading academics, researchers and campaigners in the GM arena address the science and the spin of the GM 'solution', as well as looking at alternatives that are already contributing to a sustainable farming future.
Are our hands tied? Clare Oxborrow Becky Price Peter Riley | 1st November 2008 News Gm Focus Biotechnology Gm Products Campaigns Natural World Food And Farming Tied_Hands_MAIN_1.jpg Whether we like …
Sometimes, choosing not to think like a scientist can be a good thing. Jon Hughes sits down with the Harrisons, environmental activists and conceptual artists
… put down roots, animals, plants, trees, insects put their roots down. The different …