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Letter to the White House Urging Suspension of Neonicotinoid Pesticides
20 juli 2013Dear Mr. President, We write to highlight a very important concern: the negative environmental and economic impacts of outdoor uses…Algemeen
The Trojan hives: pollinator pathogens, imported and distributed in bumblebee colonies
19 juli 2013Over a million commercially produced bumblebee colonies are imported annually on a global scale for the pollination of greenhouse crops.…Hommels
Thirty years of genetically engineered plants – 20 years of commercial cultivation in the United States: a critical assessment
18 juli 2013First genetically engineered plants were created 30 years ago. Commercial growing in the USA began almost 20 years ago. Initially,…Mensen
The acute toxicity (LD50 values) to honey bees for all pesticides (fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, etc.) registered at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for which there are data
18 juli 2013An export from US EPA OPP Ecological Toxicity database (distinct from EcoTox, and based on data submitted by registrants) with…Bijen
Cocktail of multiple pressures combine to threaten the world’s pollinating insects
18 juli 2013A new review of insect pollinators of crops and wild plants has concluded they are under threat globally from a…Algemeen
Representative Earl Blumenauer announced that he will be introducing The Save America’s Pollinators Act
17 juli 2013The legislation suspends certain uses of neonicotinoids, a particular type of pesticide that is suspected to play a role in…Bijen
Unnatural England: The Destruction of Flora and Fauna
16 juli 2013Great Britain is a small island, no more that 600 miles on its longest north/south axis from John O’Groats in…Algemeen
Rural heritage almost gone – around 97 per cent of wildflower meadows have been lost over the last 70 years
15 juli 2013People will put up with many privations, but don’t mess around with our green and pleasant land. Given this passion…Planten
Two Rare Southwest Snakes Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
14 juli 2013As part of a landmark agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed…Reptielen
Plants are wiped out by intensive farming
14 juli 2013Many of the wild flowers that brighten the Scottish countryside are disappearing because politicians and farmers are failing to protect…Planten
Bullfrogs Aid Rapid Amphibian Decline with Deadly Pathogen–But Also Die
14 juli 2013Amphibians are rapidly declining across the globe. Frogs are disappearing from forests, salamanders from brush and newts from streams. About…Amfibieën
Bringing back the bluebirds to the Cowichan Valley
14 juli 2013Love is in the air at the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s (NCC's) Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve in Duncan. Mating pairs…Bosvogels
The Hawaiian Creeper population plunged 63 percent from 2001 to 2007
14 juli 2013A new study finds a dramatic decline in the already endangered Hawaiian Creeper (Oreomystis mana). Scientists at the University of…Bosvogels
The American kestrel population in Yukon has dropped by about 90 per cent over the past decade
14 juli 2013A well-known Yukon bird biologist says kestrels, the smallest member of the falcon family in North America, are rapidly disappearing…AkkervogelsImpacts of Neonicotinoid Insecticides on Biodiversity
13 juli 2013Many groups of organisms found in agricultural areas are experiencing catastrophic declines, including: birds (e.g., Nebel, S. et al. 2010.…Akkervogels
A case of acute inhalational intoxication with imidacloprid in India
13 juli 2013Imidacloprid is a neonicotinoid insecticide belonging to the chloronicotinyl nitroguanidine chemical family. It acts on the nervous system through an…Mensen
Conservationists all but admitting defeat in their bid to save the area’s capercaillies, one of Loch Lomond’s rarest bird species
13 juli 2013EFFORTS to protect one of Loch Lomond's rarest bird species are set to fail - with conservationists all but admitting…Bosvogels
Capercaillie population in southern Scotland may no longer be viable
10 juli 2013There are fears that capercaillie populations in the southernmost part of their range are no longer viable despite intensive efforts…Bosvogels
An Iconic Canadian Bird is in Deep Trouble
10 juli 2013The future looks uncertain for one of the most beloved symbols of the Canadian wilderness, according to a new report…Watervogels
Quebec master’s student shows that apiaries installed less than three kilometers (1.86 miles) from insecticide-treated fields had three times higher rate of mortality
10 juli 2013Seeding is over for this year on Canadian corn and soy farms. But a student’s research suggests the consequences on…Bijen
South Dakota will have no sage grouse hunting season this year
9 juli 2013The Game, Fish and Parks Commission has decided that no season will be held this fall because the bird’s population…Akkervogels
Britain’s bats need all the help they get – they are unable to find enough food to allow them to breed successfully
9 juli 2013Because of an unusually cold spring and an insect shortage this summer, conservationists are concerned bat numbers could continue to…Vleermuizen
Beekeeping organizations have appealed approval of the new pesticide Sulfoxaflor
9 juli 2013The challenge was filed with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by the National Pollinator Defense Fund, American Honey…Bijen
Butterfly decline signals trouble in environment
7 juli 2013Butterflies are the essence of cool in the insect world, a favorite muse for poets and songwriters, who hold them…Vlinders
