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A Devon conservation charity has taken another step to help save a threatened native species. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has teamed up with the Environment...
17/07/2014
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Bee Coalition welcomes new opportunities for bees with reshuffle
Members of The Bee Coalition today appeal to the new Environment Secretary, Liz Truss MP to step up efforts to address pollinator issues. On Tuesday 15th July, Prime Minister David...
16/07/2014
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Beetle cottages to solve a Scarlet riddle
Buglife has built miniature thatched cottages at the edges of a farmer's field in Essex, in an attempt to save the rare Scarlet malachite beetle. This bright red and metallic...
14/07/2014
Buglife Exposes 2nd Misleading NFU Oil Seed Rape Pesticide Claim
In response to Buglife investigations 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...
10/07/2014
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Buglife welcomes Syngenta’s withdrawal of neonic ban bust application
Following a week of intense public activity in defence of our bees and pollinators, including demonstrations outside Downing Street, public petitions and letters to ministers, Syngenta have withdrawn their application...
04/07/2014
Buglife Exposes Misleading Claims of Swedish Oil Seed Rape Yield Loss
NFU vice-president Guy Smith has publically claimed that farmers in Sweden have reported a 70 per cent loss in spring oil seed rape yields. Similar claims appear on the NFU...
01/07/2014
The Plants that Cry Wolf
Buglife are deeply concerned by news that UK researchers are trialling a GM wheat that ‘cries wolf’, sending out a constant chemical help signal to ladybirds and other predators, a...
25/06/2014
New four-year scientific analysis: systemic pesticides pose global threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services
The conclusions of a new meta-analysis of the systemic pesticides neonicotinoids and fipronil (neonics) confirm that they are causing significant damage to a wide range of beneficial invertebrate species and...
24/06/2014
Government tries to silence charities
Wildlife and countryside charities are very concerned that proposals in the Criminal Courts and Justice Bill being debated in the House of Commons will make it even harder than it...
16/06/2014
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Osborne’s lack of regard for brownfield wildlife
Wildlife Charity Buglife is appalled by George Osborne’s lack of regard for brownfield wildlife. At Mansion House last night, Osborne said he was going to unleash an ‘urban planning revolution’...
13/06/2014