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Insect decline a threat to fruit crops and food security, scientists warn MPs
Poor pollination caused by destructive farming methods leads to loss of biodiversity and is a threat to food production, inquiry told
Phoebe Weston
07, Jun, 2023 @2:45 PM
More wildlife-friendly farming needed to stop decline of insects in Britain, says report
Populations of bees, spiders, ground beetles and hoverflies have declined twice as fast on land farmed for crops in the past 30 years, despite funding for more sustainable farming methods
Phoebe Weston
06, Jun, 2023 @11:01 PM
Airborne DNA accidentally collected by air-quality filters reveals state of species
Monitoring stations that already test for pollution could have dual purpose of mapping declines in biodiversity, reveals new study
Phoebe Weston
05, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM
Experts call for ‘loss and damage’ fund for nature in developing world
Rich nations should pay for biodiversity loss, which disproportionately affects poor countries, say scientists
Phoebe Weston
29, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
New framework will allow firms to assess their impact on nature
Science-Based Targets Network says new scheme will ‘get nature into the boardroom’ in the same way as climate footprints
Phoebe Weston
24, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Gardeners urged to ‘keep it local’ when creating a wildflower meadow
Experts say neighbourhood varieties will suit an area’s pollinators, and that caution is needed when buying generic seed mixes
Phoebe Weston
07, May, 2023 @9:00 AM
More than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates
H5N1 bird flu may lead to extinction of species as data revealed by Guardian shows worst losses in decades
Phoebe Weston and Sophie Kevany
05, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB
Conservationists say government must stop licensing ‘unsustainable’ harvest of eggs from amber-listed birds
Phoebe Weston
03, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
Big tent for the Big One: Extinction Rebellion shows softer side in London protest
Mass protest on climate crisis by 200 groups led by XR, which has halted disruptive tactics
Bibi van der Zee and Phoebe Weston
21, Apr, 2023 @1:08 PM
‘I still can’t handle the big ones’: the new wave of spider hunters scouring Britain’s heaths
Having already discovered the presumed extinct great fox-spider, Mike Waite goes hunting on MoD land armed with a pair of his wife’s tights, an old medicine syringe and plastic cups
Phoebe Weston
07, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM
Farne Islands shut to visitors over fears of new avian flu outbreak
Rangers work to avoid repeat of last year’s devastating losses in breeding seabird colonies on the islands off the Northumberland coast
Phoebe Weston
01, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM
Singing to trees and Indigenous wisdom: the UK festival aiming to prevent ecological collapse
At the Primal Gathering retreat, attendees seek new – and sometimes surreal – ways to connect with nature and take meaningful action on environmental destruction
Phoebe Weston
30, Mar, 2023 @6:45 AM
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