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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

Honey product guide launched

nature

news release

10th Nov 2014

Ethical Consumer and Friends of the Earth today urge consumers to put the plight of the beleaguered honey bee on their shopping list by choosing ethically produced honey.

Beavers emergency appeal

nature

Beavers are back in the wild in England. Friends of the Earth needs your help to keep them there. Beavers were once found right across England, before they were driven to extinction several hundred years ago. Now they are back, with a …

Climate change causes bees to fall out of sync with flowering plants

nature

news release

6th Nov 2014

Reacting to a new report from the University of East Anglia, published today (6 November 2014), which says climate change could be disrupting the relationship between bees and plants, Friends of the Earth Nature Campaigner Sandra Bell said: “This study …

Bee Action Plan due: last chance for bees

nature

news release

31st Oct 2014

Ahead of the Government’s unveiling of its long-awaited action plan to reverse the decline of Britain’s bees next week (expected on Tuesday 4 November), Friends of the Earth is warning it must contain strong measures to make UK farms and …

Allotments best for bees: Great British Bee Count results

nature

news release

28th Oct 2014

Allotments are providing the best habitat for bees while parks and roadsides need improving, warns a leading bee expert following the results of the first-ever Great British Bee Count published today by Friends of the Earth, Buglife and B&Q.

Keep Devon’s beavers in the wild

nature

take action

24th Oct 2014

This morning Friends of the Earth launched a legal challenge to prevent the government via Natural England from capturing a family of beavers living happily on the River Otter in Devon. Beavers are a joyous celebration of how – if …

Save the bees not the pesticides!

nature

event report

Yesterday the farming and pesticides industries attacked European regulations that protect our health and the environment. The National Farmers Union (NFU), the agricultural industries confederation (aic) and the Crop Protection Association (CPA) said the loss of pesticide products resulting from …

Pesticides report by farming and chemical lobby is dangerously misleading

nature

news release

21st Oct 2014

Commenting on the Healthy Harvest report by the NFU and the pesticide lobby, Paul de Zylva, Friends of the Earth’s nature campaigner said: “This dangerously misleading report lacks any credible, independent and peer reviewed science.

Govt response to MPs concerns over Bee Action Plan inadequate

nature

news release

15th Oct 2014

Commenting on the Government’s response today (Wednesday 15 October 2014) to a report by a Committee of MPs that was critical of its draft National Pollinator Strategy, Friends of the Earth Nature Campaigner Sandra Bell said: “This response will simply …

Show your support for the ‘Tale of Two Cities” wildflower bid (Manchester & Liverpool)

nature

14th Oct 2014

Manchester and Liverpool have launched a joint bid, called Tale of Two Cities, to win £120,000 of funding from Kew Gardens for wildflower planting. The winner of the funding will be decided by a public vote, which is open until …

UN Biodiversity Summit: World must act on wildlife

nature

news release

6th Oct 2014

The world must take action on biodiversity as a priority to avert an ecological catastrophe, Friends of the Earth warned today (Monday 6 October 2014) as the international community gathers for the start of a UN convention on the issue …

Govt plans to capture Devon beavers may be unlawful, warns Friends of the Earth

nature

news release

25th Sep 2014

Friends of the Earth has today (Thursday 25 September) called for an immediate halt to Government plans to capture wild beavers on the River Otter in Devon, warning that any such moves may be unlawful.

Our visit to Pomona Island

nature

event report

10th Sep 2014

Does the name Pomona Island mean anything to you? Unless you are an observant commuter on the Metrolink travelling through Cornbrook, or a dog walker in Old Trafford, you probably haven’t noticed this hidden wildlife haven between the Bridgewater Canal …

Bumblebees most spotted in Great British Bee Count

nature

news release

21st Aug 2014

Yellow and black bumblebees have been the most common species seen by people logging bee sightings for The Great British Bee Count this summer, using a smartphone app developed by Friends of the Earth, Buglife and B&Q, interim results released …

Biodiversity Offsetting: Save Smithy Wood (Woodland Trust)

nature

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17th Aug 2014

Extra Motorway Services want to build services, a car park and a slip road on top of Smithy Woods, on the M1 near Sheffield. They want to use a controversial new approach called biodiversity offsetting allowing them to trash the …

Create a Bee World

nature

7th Aug 2014

Creating spaces where bees can thrive. Friends of the Earth’s Bee Worlds project has been a brilliant success. We now have over 200, smashing our initial targets of 60 for 2013 and 80 for 2014. Let’s continue to cover the …

Manchester is Buzzin! (Dig the City)

nature

news release

1st Aug 2014

Manchester Friends of the Earth showcases its bee-friendly garden as part of urban gardening festival, Dig the City

Bees: Govt must get tougher on pesticides, say MPs

nature

news release

28th Jul 2014

A new report published today (Monday 28 July 2014) by a committee of MPs criticising the lack of effective Government action to protect UK bees from harmful insecticides, and the reliance on pesticide safety tests carried out by chemical firms, …

Is the Government doing enough to help our hard-working bees?

nature

27th Jul 2014

Bees beat their wings an incredible 230 times a second to stay airborne. Now the bees need the Government to be just as energetic if its plan to save them is to be credible. We back today’s call from the …

Govt must uphold ban on bee-harming pesticide, says coalition

nature

news release

1st Jul 2014

Ministers must stand up to intense lobbying from the pesticide industry by refusing to allow a banned bee-harming pesticide to be used on Britain’s crops, a coalition of organisations said in a letter to David Cameron today (Tuesday 1 July).

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