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Latest from Brussels

CAP | EU Failing Its Ailing Wild Pollinators, Say Auditors

July 13, 2020 Louise Kelleher

Pollinators secure our food supply, but Europe’s wild pollinators are being wiped out by intensive agriculture and the use of pesticides and fertilisers. In the latest in a series of damning reports, the European Court of Auditors accuses the Commission of failing ailing pollinator populations. Louise Kelleher reports. […]

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What’s the best way to improve bee habitat?

January 5, 2017 ARC

Trying to answer a seemingly simple question: What kinds of flowers does a bee like? […]

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Single-crop farming leaves wildlife with no room to turn

January 4, 2017 ARC

International research shows that monocultures can be bad for the environment and production through effects on soil quality, erosion, plants and animals, and ultimately declining crop yields. […]

Latest from EU Member States

UK pollinators hit by farming

February 11, 2016 Peter Crosskey

UK-wide study traces declining diversity of nectar sources for the country’s pollinators. Four plant species supplied half the UK’s nectar in 2007. […]

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Of Pollinators, Politics and Pesticides: be(e) vigilant!

April 15, 2014 Myrto Pispini

Even when analysing bee deaths, politics is interfering with reality once again. Myrto Pispini exposes what’s left out & who’s sneaking in […]

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