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Hedgerows, one of the defining features of our countryside, are vitally important to wildlife
18 januari 2013News that farmer Fraser Jones has withdrawn his application to remove 11.3km of hedgerows, near Shrewsbury, is today welcomed by…Akkervogels
Common practice for the monitoring of insecticides in water resources reveals shortcomings
17 januari 2013This is shown by a current study conducted by the Landau-based Institute of Environmental Sciences of the University of Koblenz-Landau.…
EU hints at insecticide ban over threat to bees
17 januari 2013The European Commission hinted on Wednesday that it could ban several insecticides, some made by German chemicals giant Bayer, after…Bijen
UK Premiere of Dutch documentary ‘Murder of the Honeybee’
17 januari 2013The critical level of bee mortality is a major threat to our food supply. Eighty percent of all plants on…Bijen
European Commission launches public consultation on the future of organic production
16 januari 2013The European Commission is launching today an online consultation aimed at all citizens interested in organic production in Europe. Dacian…
Syngenta brands EFSA risk assessment ‘hurried and inadequate’
16 januari 2013Europe’s food safety body has stoked the fires over the possible links between the use of neonicotinoid insecticides and the…Bijen
EFSA identifies risks to bees from neonicotinoids
16 januari 2013EFSA scientists have identified a number of risks posed to bees by three neonicotinoid insecticides (attached). The Authority was asked…Bijen
Warning over DEFRA pesticide plan
16 januari 2013Government ministers have failed to grasp the seriousness of challenges posed by the withdrawal of important pesticides. More research in…
The chytrid fungus is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common midwife toad
15 januari 2013The chytrid fungus—responsible for millions of amphibian deaths worldwide—is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common…
Pesticide ban would cost EU billions, Bayer/Syngenta report says
15 januari 2013A new study (attached), sponsored by Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, the European Seed Association, the European Crop Protection Association, and the…
Henk Tennekes speaks at Hampshire Beekeepers Association Convention
15 januari 2013The HBA Convention was held, as in previous years, at Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, near Southampton on 10th November 2012.…Algemeen
Britain’s wild flowers are in trouble
14 januari 2013Ten species have become extinct in the 60-year reign of HM The Queen but even that stark loss hides the…Planten
Imidacloprid Potentiates Adipogenesis in Adipocytes
14 januari 2013There is emerging evidence that organochlorine and organophosphorus insecticide exposure may be linked to excessive weight gain and symptoms of…Mensen
Matt Shardlow CEO of Buglife on neonicotinoid insecticides
14 januari 2013A conversation with Matt Shardlow, CEO of Buglife the invertebrate conservation trust and – as ‘The Independent’ put it –…Bijen
Loggerhead sea turtle lawsuit
14 januari 2013Conservation groups have sued the Obama administration in San Francisco to protect the habitat of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta…Reptielen
Lying in Wait for Extinction: Ecological Correlates of Conservation Status among Australian Elapid Snakes
13 januari 2013Why do some species decline rapidly with anthropogenic disturbance, whereas others readily exploit disturbed habitats? It is possible that the…Reptielen
The contribution of increasing UV radiation and environmental contamination to the global decline of amphibian populations
12 januari 2013As part of an overall ‘biodiversity crisis’, many amphibian populations are in decline throughout the world. Numerous factors have contributed…Amfibieën
Wind-borne agrochemicals may be an important factor in declines of the federally threatened California red-legged frog
12 januari 2013The federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) has disappeared from much of its range for unknown reasons. We…Amfibieën
Effect of imidacloprid and fipronil application on Sympetrum infuscatum larvae and adults
11 januari 2013The effect of imidacloprid and fipronil on Sympetrum infuscatum larvae and adults during the rice cultivation period was monitored using…Libellen
Lord Rea: It is not yet Silent Spring in the UK but there is a strong case for tighter regulation of pesticides
11 januari 2013"There is a recent report from the policy department of the European Parliament, published last month. It is entitled: Existing…
Decline of the viperine snake in a Mediterranean wetland
11 januari 2013The Ebro Delta is a wetland area in which natural ecosystems have been partially replaced by rice fields. This mixed…Reptielen
Decline of a Protected Population of Eastern Kingsnakes in South Carolina
11 januari 2013Recently, several sources have suggested that Eastern Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula) have declined over a substantial portion of their range in…Pesticides are instrumental in declines of amphibians
11 januari 2013Several species of anuran amphibians have undergone drastic population declines in the western United States over the last 10 to…Amfibieën
Humankind finds itself engaged in what The Prince of Wales described as ‘an act of suicide on a grand scale’
10 januari 2013Virtually every past civilization has eventually undergone collapse, a loss of socio-political-economic complexity usually accompanied by a dramatic decline in…
