Urgent action is needed nationwide as Japan becomes a hotspot for insect loss.
… The Ramsar Convention and Japan's rice-paddy ecosystems Phil Carter | 6th July 2020 News Japan Pesticides Rice Firefly International Fireflies … Convention for Wetland Conservation describes rice paddies as human-made wetlands important …
German pesticide manufacturer Bayer attempts to discredit rigorous peer-reviewed study showing its products caused a Japan fishery to collapse.
… remember the only dragonfly I saw in the rice-fields near the Arakawa River in Saitama … air, before darting away. I had observed the rice cultivation there all year, from when the … conspicuous by their absence. In Japan, as in rice-fields worldwide, spraying is usually …
Two insecticide types - in addition to neonicotinoids - continue to pose a threat to aquatic life in Japan.
… Pesticides Insecticides Editor’s Picks rice_terrace_in_japan.jpg Two insecticide … broad-spectrum pesticides for use in rice farming, including neonicotinoids banned … as a leading cause. Pollution Japanese rice fields are losing aquatic insects such as …
Want to give up sugar while still indulging your sweet tooth? Mark Briggs rounds up 10 natural alternatives
… at Holos Foods, www.holosfoods.com Brown Rice Syrup Made from boiling brown rice, the syrup is gluten and wheat free. More … does transfer many of the benefits of brown rice to the eater (and without the 25-minute …
The shadowy parallel court system of major trade agreements makes it difficult for countries to ban broad-spectrum insecticides.
… International Trade Editor’s Picks village-rice-fields-japan-cut.jpg The shadowy parallel … ongoing worldwide insect extinction event, rice-field insects such as dragonflies that …