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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">From the CAPA listserv</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Victoria Wojcik, Ph.D.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Research</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7f7f7f">Pollinator Partnership</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> 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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="172" height="77" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D2A236.B7BF31A0" alt="cid:image005.png@01D04B5B.43C697E0"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#595959"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Conference for Can. Assn. of Professional Apiculturists [mailto:<a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kerry Clark<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 20, 2017 4:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: UN report slams global pesticide use</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Click on the underlined word <a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement">"report"</a> which is a link to the document (made by selecting the chain link icon (beside the smiley face) in Gmail, and inserting the URL address. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="428" height="267" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image006.png@01D2A236.B7BF31A0" alt="Inline image 1"></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Kerry Clark <<a href="mailto:kccsclark@gmail.com" target="_blank">kccsclark@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">A <a href="https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement" target="_blank">report</a> of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food of the UN Human Rights Council, is very critical of pesticide use around the world. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Paragraphs 35 to 37 address effects on pollinators, while 38-39 address glyphosate and genetically engineered crops. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">"36. Neonicotinoids are accused of being responsible for “colony collapse disorder” of bees worldwide. For example, heavy use of these insecticides has been blamed for the 50 per cent decline over 25 years in honeybee populations in both the United States and the United Kingdom ...estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), of some 100 crop species (which provide 90 per cent of global food), 71 per cent are pollinated by bees."</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It may be a controversial document, with challenges that the citations are often news reports rather than science, and details such as 50 % honey bee decline, or 71 % of crops providing 90 % of food, being pollinated by bees, but it's a potentially influential statement. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It has been picked up by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/07/un-experts-denounce-myth-pesticides-are-necessary-to-feed-the-world" target="_blank">media</a> and by <a href="https://actions.sumofus.org/a/we-don-t-need-bee-killing-pesticides-to-feed-the-world-1/?akid=28677.3007285.01sWT9&rd=1&source=fwd&t=1" target="_blank">social pressure</a> organizations, already gaining ~75,000 signatures on one petition. </p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">-- </span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Kerry Clark</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Dawson Creek, BC</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kerry Clark</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dawson Creek, BC</p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>