Submitted on Wednesday 25th October 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 31st October 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Run an immediate and urgent report into the ecological effects of pesticides.
A recent report has shown insect numbers plummet by 75% in 27 years in reserves across Germany. This is a pressing environmental crisis. If this trend continues, insect populations will collapse within years, and the entire ecosystem will follow. Regulation must be put in place as soon as possible.
- The effects of soaking the land with chemicals are not understood
- The entire ecosystem relies on insects; eg. small bird numbers have also declined dramatically in recent years
- Reports say crop productivity could be higher without
- Corporate interests have limited regulatory efforts thus far
- Inaction will be disastrous
Plos One Article - https://tinyurl.com/ybfwmkhq
Guardian - https://tinyurl.com/yabsnvmz
Yale - https://tinyurl.com/y9psnwk6
Monbiot - https://tinyurl.com/ydx7rmmk
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure what you mean by run an immediate and urgent report.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking the Government to commit to monitoring and working to increase insect numbers in the UK. You could also start a new petition asking the Government or Parliament to ban the use of pesticides in the UK, if that's what you'd like to happen.
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