A new report on bees in South West England by nature conservation charity Buglife reveals that up to 75% of some of our most threatened bee species have been lost...
03/04/2014
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Common pesticides more toxic than originally thought
A new study has found that a number of commonly used pesticides are far more dangerous to humans than we have been led to believe. The study undertaken by a...
02/04/2014
Fallin Bing: From Coalfield to Brownfield Celebration Event
On Tuesday 25th March Buglife Scotland hosted an event at Fallin Miners Welfare and Social Club to celebrate the project ‘Fallin Bing: From Coalfield to Brownfield’, which is coming to...
28/03/2014
Getting Whitleigh Buzzing
Buglife are looking for volunteers to help plant over 1800 wild flower plug plants at Whitleigh Meadow on Saturday 15 March. The meadow is a part of the Plymouth’s Buzzing...
11/03/2014
Online auction site allowing sale of illegal toxic pesticides
Buglife have launched a petition on the 38 Degrees “Campaigns By You” website asking eBay to remove products containing a recently banned toxic chemical from their website. Imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid...
07/03/2014
UK MEP threatens ban on illegal neurotoxic chemicals
An own initiative report by Anthea McIntyre, Conservative MEP for the West Midlands, is due to be voted on in the European Parliament on Tuesday 11th March. The report entitled...
06/03/2014
Statement on latest Government planning moves
Today the Government launched the National Planning Practice Guidance as part of their reforms to the planning system. Buglife is pleased to see Government requiring wildlife surveys of brownfield land,...
06/03/2014
Is the Government pollinator strategy enough to Get Britain Buzzing
Today the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched its National Pollinator Strategy for England as part of its commitment to save pollinators from decline. The report is...
06/03/2014
Trust defends Devon species from American invader
A Devon conservation charity is coming to the aid of a native species under threat from its bolder American cousins. The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust, based at Paignton Zoo, has...
05/03/2014
Storms and coastal erosion raise spectre of extinction
A number of the UK’s rarest insects live in small coastal pockets and the recent extreme storms and coastal erosion has raised a real risk of species extinction for a...
05/03/2014
