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UK will back total ban on bee-harming pesticides, Michael Gove reveals

UK will back total ban on bee-harming pesticides, Michael Gove reveals | Biodiversité | Scoop.it

The UK will back a total ban on insect-harming pesticides in fields across Europe, the environment secretary, Michael Gove, has revealed. The decision reverses the government’s previous position and is justified by recent new evidence showing neonicotinoids have contaminated the whole landscape and cause damage to colonies of bees. It also follows the revelation that 75% of all flying insects have disappeared in Germany and probably much further afield, a discovery Gove said had shocked him.

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Biodiversity Scotland

Biodiversity Scotland | Biodiversité | Scoop.it

What's new in biodiversity in Scotland?


A Pollinator Strategy for Scotland 2017 - 2027 was launched on 26 July 2017 by Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, at The Hidden Gardens, Tramway, Glasgow.

DocBiodiv's insight:
Le voyage du jour prend la direction de l'Ecosse avec cette actualité pollinisateur à laquelle j'ajoute un peu de sciences participatives avec cette application lancée par l'ONG Whale and Dolphin Trust’s Community des Hebrides afin de recueillir les observations : https://whaletrack.hwdt.org/
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