Today Buglife have launched a national bug vote for the four home nations to choose a bug to grace the front of new Buglife membership leaflets. In each nation Buglife...
17/05/2018
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Another step closer to saving our wild pollinators
Parliament considers new wildflower corridors to save bees Our beleaguered wild pollinators move a step closer to recovery today as a new ‘Protection of Pollinators Bill’ is presented to the...
04/05/2018
EU Member States Approve Enhanced Insecticide Ban
Today EU Member States endorsed the Commission's proposal to completely ban the outdoor agricultural uses of the three neonicotinoids. Neonicotinoid insecticides were introduced in the late 1990s and their...
27/04/2018
Angus Macdonald MSP hails success of Grangemouth green roof project
Falkirk East MSP, Angus MacDonald, has hailed the success of Buglife and CalaChem’s partnership Green Roof project, on a recent visit to the industrial complex in Grangemouth. In 2016...
23/04/2018
Europe unites for pollinators
The European pollinator initiative has had a tremendous public response from across the European Union, believed to be the fourth highest all time response to and EU environmental consultation. In...
10/04/2018
Wildlife organisations across Europe unite for pollinators
29 wildlife organisations from across Europe have made a joint submission to the pollinator initiative consultation put out by the 28 member European Union. It is estimated that 84% of...
05/04/2018
EU Regulatory Scientists Confirm Neonics harm bees
Today the European Food Standards Authority has published its scientific reviews of the evidence linking the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides to bee harm and decline. The Authority reviewed nearly...
28/02/2018
Pressure mounts on Tilbury expansion
As Buglife’s petition to stop the Tilbury expansion approaches 75,000 signatures, Natural England have submitted a very strong condemnation of the impact of losing the valuable wildlife site around the...
02/02/2018
Join the Hunt for the Northern February red stonefly
Members of the public are being asked to help with a Scotland-wide survey to map the location of the Northern February red stonefly (Brachyptera putata). The Northern February red...
14/01/2018
25 Year Environment Plan promises meadows for bees
Buglife welcomes the great intentions of the Government’s new 25 Year Environment Plan, particularly in relation to restoring pollinator populations, and urges the Government to bring forward the enabling legislation...
11/01/2018
