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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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NATURE

‘Banned’ neonicotinoid will not be used on 2021 sugar beet crop – Friends of the Earth reaction

nature

news release

2nd Mar 2021

Welcoming news that an emergency authorisation for the use of ‘banned’ neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet will not now be used

Bee-harming pesticides banned

nature

news release

27th Apr 2018

Today’s decision by EU member states, including the UK, to back a permanent ban on the outdoor use of three bee-harming pesticides is a “major victory for science, common sense and our under-threat bees”, says Friends of the Earth.

New neonic pesticide report confirms threat to bees

nature

news release

28th Feb 2018

Tougher ban on bee-harming pesticides essential, says Friends of the Earth A total ban on the outdoor use of three neonicotinoid pesticides is urgently needed, Friends of the Earth said, after a major new report published today (28 February) concluded …

European vote on banning bee-harming pesticides delayed until 2018

nature

news release

12th Dec 2017

Outdoor ban on neonicotinoid pesticides needed to help protect bees, says Friends of the Earth European Commission proposals for a complete outdoor ban on three neonicotinoids were discussed by member states today – but no vote was taken. The issue …

Homebase urged to act after most top garden retailers say no to bee-harming neonicotinoids

nature

news release

22nd Aug 2017

Nine of the top 10 leading garden retailers and garden centres don’t want the flowering plants they sell to be grown with bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides and have told suppliers not to use them, a Friends of the Earth survey [1] …

Government must ban bee-harming pesticides as new research shows risk to bumblebee extinction

nature

news release

14th Aug 2017

The government must act to permanently ban bee-harming pesticides says Friends of the Earth as new research from Royal Holloway University released today (14 August) suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides pose a risk of bumblebee extinction. The research showed that queen bees …

Government urged to back complete ban after major European study finds neonicotinoid pesticides harm bees

nature

news release

29th Jun 2017

The results of a long-awaited, large-scale European field trial, published today, has found that neonicotinoid pesticides harm honeybees and wild bees. The results of the study, conducted by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and published in the journal Science, …

MEPs back complete ban on bee-harming pesticides

nature

news release

22nd Jun 2017

MEPs have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt by a UK Conservative MEP to oppose a full ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that have been linked to bee decline. 43 MEPs on the Environment Committee voted against the proposal by Julie Girling MEP, …

Support for farmers to go bee-friendly needed as government bans harmful peticides

nature

news release

26th Apr 2017

Responding to news today that the National Farming Union’s (NFU) application for an emergency authorisation for neonicotinoid seed treatments has been declined by DEFRA Minister George Eustice, Friends of the Earth’s nature campaigner, Sandra Bell, said: “Once again the NFU’s …

Huge public backing for councils to reduce grass-cutting to help save our bees

nature

news release

6th Apr 2017

• Reducing grass-cutting saves money for cash-strapped councils • Nearly two thirds (63%) of public say councils should be doing more to help protect our bees • Buglife and Friends of the Earth launch council guide to help pollinators at …

“Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides” – Friends of the Earth reaction

nature

news release

23rd Mar 2017

Responding to a report in the Guardian that draft regulations show the European Commission wants to prohibit the insecticides that cause ‘acute risks to bees’, Friends of the Earth senior nature campaigner Paul de Zylva said: “Evidence of the harm …

Pesticide firms’ legal challenge to ban on bee-harming pesticides

nature

news release

15th Feb 2017

A pesticide industry legal challenge [1] to current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides is taking place today and tomorrow (15-16 February). Friends of the Earth says there is growing scientific evidence of the threat these chemicals pose to bees and …

Bees: Government urged to reject NFU application to use banned pesticide

nature

news release

7th Feb 2017

Responding to today’s NFU announcement that it has applied for emergency use of banned neonicotinoid seed treatments for “a proportion of the English oilseed rape crop”, Friends of the Earth food and farming campaigner Sandra Bell said: “With mounting scientific …

Bees: EU Food watchdog delays its review of neonic pesticide

nature

news release

9th Jan 2017

The European Food Safety Authority has delayed its much-anticipated review of three neonicotinoid pesticides – currently subject to EU restrictions – until the autumn. EFSA had been due to publish a full re-evaluation of the scientific evidence of the safety …

Bees: Pesticide restrictions must be extended to wheat – new Friends of the Earth report

nature

news release

5th Jan 2017

Current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides must be extended to wheat to protect bees and other wildlife, Friends of the Earth warns today (Thursday 5 January 2017) in a new report published at the Oxford Real Farming Conference [1,2,3]. Three …

Bees: Wildlife and environment groups call for neonic pesticides ban to be retained – and extended to all crops

nature

news release

1st Dec 2016

Seventeen of the UK’s leading wildlife, conservation and environment groups are calling for the current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides to be retained – and extended to all crops – to protect Britain’s bees.

Cornwall congratulated for acting on bees and pesticides

nature

news release

23rd Nov 2016

• Three major South West councils now have neonicotinoid pesticides bans on non-agricultural land Cornwall Council’s decision today to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on its parks, highways and other public land [1] as part of an action plan to …

UK public overwhelmingly back EU rules to protect bees and nature, YouGov survey reveals

nature

news release

25th Aug 2016

The British public are overwhelmingly in favour of keeping or strengthening EU rules that protect our natural environment – including Britain’s under-threat bees – a new YouGov survey for Friends of the Earth published today reveals.

New study shows pesticides may act as contraceptive to bees – Friends of the Earth reaction

nature

news release

27th Jul 2016

A new study from the University of Bern has shown that two neonicotinoid insecticides may have inadvertent contraceptive effects on male honey bees. Responding to the study, Dave Timms, Friends of the Earth bee campaigner, said: “This study is yet …

Rejection of NFU application to use banned pesticides is ‘great news for bees’

nature

news release

5th Jul 2016

The Government’s has rejected a second application by the NFU to allow farmers in some parts of England to use two banned bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides. The move has been warmly welcomed by Friends of the Earth. Friends of the Earth …

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