Scientists just sounded the alarm: Bees are dropping dead
all over Africa.
And who’s behind it? You guessed it, Bayer’s bee-killing
pesticides.
Thanks to you, Bayer is finding it harder and harder to sell
neonics in Europe. So it decided to take its bee-killing business to
Africa and flood the market with cheap neonics.
Beekeepers have already reported plummeting numbers.
A brave group of scientists from 17 African countries is fighting
hard to get Bayer’s neonics banned across the continent, before it’s
too late.
But they’re operating on a shoestring -- so they’ve asked for
your help to build the evidence they desperately need to
send Bayer’s pesticides packing.
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Bayer’s pesticides are already having a devastating impact. Mass
bee die-offs have been reported from Benin to Tanzania. Over the
last three years, farmers in Ghana have been forced to
pollinate crops by hand because so many pollinators
died.
Ghana’s cocoa yields are falling and experts say lethal
neonicotinoids like imidacloprid are to blame -- but to win
over decision-makers, they need more evidence. Key officials
have signalled they could push for a ban, but only with
proof neonics are harming biodiversity in Africa --
and almost all the research has been done in Europe. With your help,
scientists on the ground can gather the data and launch an advocacy
and media blitz to get the results out.
Showing neonics are actually hurting African economies could
shift the whole conversation, and help secure bans across the
continent. All they need is a little help to get
started. Every bit extra we raise will help us fight
Bayer’s toxic pesticides across the world.
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