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Biodiversity
New UK National Action Plan on Pesticides includes UK-wide goal to reduce environmental risk from pesticides by 10 per cent by 2030
21 March 2025
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4 min read
Biodiversity
Government bans emergency use of pesticide containing neonicotinoid Cruiser SB, but growers warn move exposes UK sugar beet crops to pests and disease
24 January 2025
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5 min read
Biodiversity
Blanket ban to be imposed on three specific neonicotinoids in the UK to help protect pollinators estimated to support £500m in annual economic benefits
21 December 2024
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5 min read
Technology
Durham University researchers create buzz with new robotic system to help better understand the world's most prolific pollinators
18 October 2024
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2 min read
Technology
Glasgow University spinout secures attracts investment to trial what it claims to be the 'world's first' nature-inspired bio-pesticide
17 August 2021
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2 min read
Policy
The Wildlife Trusts are exploring whether a 2018 decision from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides could enable a legal challenge
27 January 2021
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3 min read
Technology
Taking place virtually for the first time, the annual Consumer Electronics Show once again featured a host of emerging clean technologies - BusinessGreen takes a look at some of the most eye-catching developments
18 January 2021
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9 min read
Policy
Decision to temporarily lift restrictions of neonicotinoid insecticide on sugar beet crops prompts outcry from public and conservation groups
11 January 2021
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4 min read
Legislation
The world's most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination
27 April 2018
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3 min read
Politics
Environment Secretary to promise to deliver "green Brexit' in his first major speech since taking over at Defra
21 July 2017
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6 min read
