News: By Tag https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/ News listing, filtered by tag. en Stay of execution for bees in 2021 https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/stay-execution-bees-2021 Today’s announcement that a banned neonicotinoid will not be used on sugar beet is good news – but does not halt the risk to wildlife in future years Tue, 02 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 GeorgiaMoore https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/stay-execution-bees-2021 Rewilding College Green https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/rewilding-college-green Anniversary of Greta Thunberg visit marked by launch of visionary rewilding project to 'green' College Green. Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000 GeorgiaMoore https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/rewilding-college-green Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bad-news-bees-government-reverses-ban-bee-killing-neonicotinoids The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021. The Wildlife Trusts strongly oppose this decision. Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 GeorgiaMoore https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/bad-news-bees-government-reverses-ban-bee-killing-neonicotinoids Avon Wildlife Trust welcomes Bath and North East Somerset Council’s Declaration of an Ecological Emergency https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/avon-wildlife-trust-welcomes-bath-and-north-east-somerset-councils-declaration-ecological Bath and North East Somerset Council declared an Ecological Emergency at a Full Council meeting on Thursday 23 July. Tue, 21 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 SarahMitchell https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/avon-wildlife-trust-welcomes-bath-and-north-east-somerset-councils-declaration-ecological New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/new-report-calls-ambitious-pesticide-reduction-target Nation of insect champions needed to reverse insect decline Tue, 07 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 SarahMitchell https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/new-report-calls-ambitious-pesticide-reduction-target

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