top of page
NEWS
Stay buzzing with the latest updates on pollinator protection, biodiversity, and our fight for a greener future!
The IPol-ERA project has officially started
Pesticides can only be authorised in the EU if they do not harm human and animal health and do not cause unacceptable environmental...
Sep 8, 2022
A new documentary explaining the problems of the EU pesticide risk assessment
While the European law requires that no pesticide be allowed on the market unless it has been proven to be safe for human health or the...
Jun 16, 2022
Are bees and other pollinators protected from pesticides?
On 17-18 May, the EU Commission and the Member States will meet at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) to...
May 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE - The definition of the level of protection of wild bees against pesticides - (SPGs)
Download the press release BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 1 April 2022 BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination is urging the protection of wild...
Apr 1, 2022
Position paper on the development of a risk assessment of pesticides on bumblebees and solitary bees
BeeLife and PAN Europe are urging the protection of wild pollinators against pesticides! Protocols are available, the industry is...
Mar 31, 2022
Wild bees are vulnerable, the acceptable loss of them because of pesticides should be 0%!
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EU Member States and the European Commission are discussing how much it is acceptable to harm...
Feb 23, 2022
Scientific Community Calls for Improved Pesticide Risk Assessment to Protect Pollinators
Members of the scientific community are calling for authorities to learn from past mistakes in pesticide risk assessment. Scientists...
Jul 22, 2021
Bees Still at Risk as EU Member States Deem Significant Losses Acceptable
On June 28, EU member states presented their positions on establishing harmonised Specific Protection Goals (SPG) to assess the risks of...
Jul 1, 2021
Civil Society Urges the Council of the EU to Secure Highest Protection of Bees and Pollinators
Member States of the European Union have the chance to improve the protection of pollinators from pesticides by establishing firm limits...
Jun 21, 2021
Joint Letter to EU Commission on EFSA Bee Guidance Document and Specific Protection Goals
It has been more than seven years of political blocage for adopting the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Guidance on the risk...
Feb 18, 2021
How Pesticides Used in Livestock Threaten Bees: Calling for a Real Consideration of Risks
For several years, episodes of bee mortality have appeared near animal breeding in different regions of France. To better understand...
Jan 15, 2019
THE FOX CONTINUES IN CHARGE OF THE HENHOUSE Pesticide industry involvement in EU risk assessment
In 2010 Bee Life and Corporate Europe Observatory published a report showing how industry “experts” were undermining the EU review of the...
Oct 24, 2017
bottom of page