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Experimental exposure of red-legged partridges to seeds coated with imidacloprid, thiram and difenoconazole
19 april 2013Pesticide coated seeds are commonly used in agriculture, and may be an important source of food for some birds in…Akkervogels
Imidacloprid Repels Pollinating Flies and Beetles at Field-Realistic Concentrations
19 april 2013Neonicotinoids are widely used systemic insecticides which, when applied to flowering crops, are translocated to the nectar and pollen where…Overige insecten
Rachel Carson was truly a prophet of things to come
18 april 2013In “Silent Spring" (1962) Rachel Carson wrote "The world of systemic insecticides is a weird world, surpassing the imaginings of…Bijen
Surveys of farmland wildlife have identified serious declines in the populations and ranges of birds and declines in populations of mammals, insects and plants associated with arable land
17 april 2013Changes in arable farming practices have been identified as important factors in the decline of wildlife. Significant declines in the…Akkervogels
Effects of imidacloprid on arthropod community structure and its dynamics in alfalfa field
17 april 2013This paper studied the arthropod community structure and its seasonal dynamics in alfalfa field under effects of imidacloprid. The results…Overige insecten
Greenpeace calls for total ban on bee-harming pesticides in Europe
16 april 2013Greenpeace Europe has called for the urgent elimination of all bee-harming pesticides from agriculture in Europe. In a statement accompanying…Bijen
Levels of acetimiprid and thiamethoxam in playa wetlands of Texas exceeded EPA benchmarks
12 april 2013The 25000 playa wetlands within the Southern High Plains (SHP) of the United States of America (USA) are the dominant…Planten
Risk assessment of neonicotinoid insecticides by Dutch authorities harshly critisized by independent scientists
11 april 2013At the request of the Dutch Nature and Environment Foundation, two scientists of the Dutch Centre for Agriculture and Environment…Bijen
Bumblebees are nowhere to be seen at the moment. They are seriously late
6 april 2013Bumblebee colonies die off in the autumn with only the queen surviving – to hibernate through the winter with eggs…Hommels
Agricultural change has influenced birds through changes in food quality or quantity
6 april 2013It has been postulated that a general decline in insect abundance linked with intensification of agriculture may have contributed to…Akkervogels
PESTICIDE USE LINKED TO BEE DECLINE MUST BE SUSPENDED – MPs URGE DEFRA
5 april 2013The Government must introduce a precautionary moratorium on three pesticides linked to the decline of pollinators - imidacloprid, clothianidin and…Bijen
Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees
5 april 2013Pesticides are important agricultural tools often used in combination to avoid resistance in target pest species, but there is growing…Bijen
How surface runoff of imidacloprid turned Holland into a neonicotinoid dump that exterminates insects, birds, hedgehogs, bats, amphibians, reptiles, you name it
4 april 2013Surface runoff is an important process that affects the local water balance and causes soil erosion and rapid solute transport…AlgemeenMichael McCarthy: Man is fallen and will destroy the Earth – but at least we greens made him wait
3 april 2013Are people good? Is humankind basically benign? In our current belief system, which we might term liberal secular humanism, which…Algemeen
European Commission refers its proposal for a ban on the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) on crops attractive to honeybees to the Appeal Committee
1 april 2013The European Commission said, on 19 March, that it would refer its proposal for a ban on the use of…BijenBirds, Bees, and Aquatic Life Threatened by Gross Underestimate of Toxicity of World’s Most Widely Used Pesticide
26 maart 2013As part of a study on impacts from the world’s most widely used class of insecticides, nicotine-like chemicals called neonicotinoids,…Algemeen
Congressional Briefing on Impacts of Pesticides on Birds, Bees and Broader Ecosystems
20 maart 2013In the past decade, many studies have implicated a class of pesticides known as “neonicotinoids” in the declines of pollinator…Algemeen
Butterfly population in steep decline in the Netherlands
6 maart 2013The butterfly population in the Netherlands declined further in 2012 and has currently reached the lowest level during the past…Vlinders
Time dependent sorption behavior of dinotefuran, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam
6 maart 2013Dinetofuran (DNT), imidacloprid (IMD) and thiamethoxam (THM) are among the neonicotinoid insecticides widely used for managing insect pests of agricultural…
Eight national non-profit organizations calling on the EPA to halt the approval process for Sulfoxaflor
4 maart 2013Eight national non-profit organizations concerned with the environment, food safety, children’s health, bee and bird conservation, and pesticide management, sent…Bijen
Wild pollinators are twice as effective as honeybees in pollinating crops like oilseed rape, coffee, onions, almonds, tomatoes and strawberries
4 maart 2013Wild bees, butterflies, flies, beetles and other wild insects play a key role in pollination and hence in food production,…Bijen
A fungus is killing snakes
3 maart 2013New Jersey’s two venomous snakes, the timber rattlesnake and northern copperhead, have been persecuted by four centuries of human habitation.…Reptielen
The iconic monarch butterfly has failed to return to NZ gardens in the usual numbers this year
3 maart 2013The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is synonymous with Kiwi summers, but experts are concerned the iconic orange insect has failed…VlindersOne in five reptile species are threatened with extinction
1 maart 2013A study recently published in the journal ‘Biological Conservation’ has highlighted the perilous state many reptiles are in. The study…Reptielen
