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Celebrating Bugs

I feel as if this blog has been quite downbeat over the last few months. I have been drawing attention to the many problems that bugs face in society. Problems such...

22/08/2014

At Buglife we frequently wince at the distain, discrimination and disregard that we humans talk about the vast, wonderful and down-right essential spectrum of invertebrate life. Clearly some bugs do...

15/08/2014

Selling Bugs

This week is a guest blog – by Buglife’s Director of Communications and Fundraising, Paul Hetherington. Enjoy. Matt Shardlow. Selling bugs is quite a challenge, but it shouldn’t be. The...

08/08/2014

Where Less is More

This week is a guest blog – by Buglife’s Director of Conservation, Craig Macadam. Enjoy. Matt Shardlow. Unless you’ve been on a different planet you’ve probably noticed that the 20th...

01/08/2014

Back in Blighty, what’s next?

Now back in the UK after another three days on the Royal Mail Ship and then three days waiting for the connecting flight from Ascension to the UK, I have...

30/07/2014

The Drugs (Neonicotinoids) Don’t Work 3

The controversy over the cost effectiveness of neonicotinoid pesticides continues to grow. In response to a request from Members of Parliament to provide peer reviewed evidence that neonicotinoids are cost...

25/07/2014

What has the Environment Secretary ever done for wildlife?

As a member of Cabinet and head of a Government Department the Secretary of State for the Environment has significant power over the natural environment, this power can be used...

18/07/2014

Why is the NFU Misleading Farmers and Government About Neonicotinoids?

The NFU has retracted a number of misleading claims it has made about the impacts of the neonicotinoid ban on Oilseed rape yields, but continues to promulgate information that gives...

11/07/2014

UK attempted neonic ban bust a microcosm of pesticide policy?

Yesterday’s announcement that Syngenta was withdrawing its application to the Government to allow the sale of enough neonicotinoid treated seed to plant 186,000 Ha of England with toxic crops was...

04/07/2014

Obama and Cameron – who is the greenest of them all?

This week Barack Obama stepped up and showed powerful leadership on the issue of pollinator declines. While the draft National Pollinator Strategy is shaping up to be a useful focus...

27/06/2014