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Biodiversity

'Vicious cycle': Pesticides worsening climate and nature crisis, report warns

New report from PAN UK and The Pesticide Collaboration argues reduction in the use of fossil fuel based pesticides is essential to meeting climate targets

04 July 2023 • 3 min read

Policy

Wildlife Trusts consider legal challenge against Defra authorisation of neonicotinoids

The Wildlife Trusts are exploring whether a 2018 decision from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides could enable a legal challenge

27 January 2021 • 3 min read

Technology

From AI to roaming cows: Government awards £22m funding for green farming schemes

First tranche of cash from £90m farming innovation fund focuses on smart technologies that can cut waste and improve yields

28 June 2019 • 1 min read

Policy

'Ecological apocalypse': Manifesto sets out raft of actions to halt wildlife decline

'People's Manifesto for Wildlife' urges government, businesses, and individuals to wake up to dramaatic decline in UK species

20 September 2018 • 3 min read

Supply chain

UN experts denounce 'myth' pesticides are necessary to feed the world

Report warns of catastrophic consequences and blames manufacturers for 'systematic denial of harms' and 'aggressive, unethical marketing tactics'

07 March 2017 • 4 min read

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