Pesticides and The Climate Crisis: A Vicious Cycle
The Pesticide Collaboration and PAN UK have released a new report - Pesticides and The Climate Crisis: A Vicious Cycle. The report delves into the link between pesticides and the [...]
Designing Pesticide Reduction Targets For The UK: A Report by Baskut Tuncak
The draft National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) said: "We will establish a set of clear targets to support the reduction of risk associated with pesticide [...]
New report from ShareAction calls for investors to take action on pesticides
A new briefing from responsible investment charity and Pesticide Collaboration member ShareAction points to the severe impacts pesticides have on biodiversity, and calls on pesticide companies and their investors to [...]
The Pesticide Collaboration demands higher standards in delayed government pesticide plan
The next National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) was due to be published in 2018. However, here we are 5 years later, still without a published [...]
Submission to the Labour Party National Policy Forum
Submission to the National Policy Forum - The Pesticide Collaboration Tackling pesticide-related harms to protect biodiversity and human health The Labour Party manifesto should commit to a major reduction in [...]
The Environmental Improvement Plan – a step in the right direction
What is the EIP? Five years ago the government launched the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP), and the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2023 for England is the first revision of [...]
Supporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough? GallerySupporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough?
Supporting farmers to reduce their reliance on pesticides – does the latest proposal for the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) in England go far enough?
Steph Morren unpacks the latest announcement on ELMS. Earlier in January, we heard from Mark Spencer – farming minister at Defra – about the Government’s plans for the roll-out of [...]
Write to your MP: Neonics approval and parliamentary debate on bee-killing pesticides
In light of the government's decision to once again grant the 'emergency' use of the banned bee-harming pesticide thiamethoxam - a type of neonicotinoid - on sugar beet in [...]
Press Release: UK government allows ‘emergency’ use of banned bee-harming pesticide just days after EU tightens protections
For immediate release - 23 January 2023 UK government allows ‘emergency’ use of banned bee-harming pesticide just days after EU tightens protections Today, 23 January 2023, the government has [...]
COP15 – What’s at stake when it comes to pesticides?
What is CBD COP15? This month in Montreal, Canada, delegates from around the world are meeting at COP15- the UN Conference on Biological Diversity, Conference of the Parties (COP15). The [...]