Submitted on Tuesday 12th February 2019
Published on Monday 25th February 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 25th August 2019
Signatures: 137
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Britain ~ Parliament ~ UK
Restore meadows and limit pesticides to halt the decline of insects biodiversity
Parliament needs to consider robust strategies to restore meadows, to further restrict pesticides, and to encourage sustainable farming . The UK must be a leader in the fight against loss of biodiversity and show that ecological considerations are key to politics and business for a healthy future.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-extinction-nature-climate-change-francisco-sanchez-bayo-sydney-science-a8773326.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718313636
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/18/losing-97-percent-britain-wildflower-meadows-matters-butterfly
97% of meadows have been lost in the UK since 1940. This is fuelling a massive decline in insect populations (part of a global decline). We must act to avoid mass insect loss
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