[Pollinator] FW: UN report slams global pesticide use

[Vicki Wojcik]

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*From:* Conference for Can. Assn. of Professional Apiculturists [mailto:
CAPA-L at LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA] *On Behalf Of *Kerry Clark
*Sent:* Monday, March 20, 2017 4:27 PM
*To:* CAPA-L at LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA
*Subject:* Re: UN report slams global pesticide use



Click on the underlined word "report"
<https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement>
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.

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On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Kerry Clark <kccsclark at gmail.com> wrote:

A report
<https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement>
of
the Special Rapporteur on the right to food of the UN Human Rights Council,
is very critical of pesticide use around the world.



Paragraphs 35 to 37 address effects on pollinators, while 38-39 address
glyphosate and genetically engineered crops.



"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."



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.



It has been picked up by the media
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/07/un-experts-denounce-myth-pesticides-are-necessary-to-feed-the-world>
and by social pressure
<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>
organizations, already gaining ~75,000 signatures on one petition.



-- 

Kerry Clark

Dawson Creek, BC





-- 

Kerry Clark

Dawson Creek, BC
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