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'Butterfly Emergency' Declared as UK Summer Count Hits Record Low
samedi 21 septembre 2024, 06:30 , par Slashdot
Butterfly Conservation is calling for the government to declare a 'nature emergency' and ban insect-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, with no exceptions. Britain and the EU banned neonicotinoids in 2018 but the UK government has authorised an exemption for the pesticides to be used on sugar beet every year since 2021. Before the election, Labour promised to ban all neonicotinoids. Further reading: UK Nature Chief Sounds Alarm Over Ecosystem Collapse as Butterfly Numbers Halve. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/20/180221/butterfly-emergency-declared-as-uk-summer-count-hits...
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sam. 21 sept. - 12:30 CEST
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