FW: Beekeepers Rally Outside Ministries Across Europe to Demand Bee-Friendly Pesticide Standards Ahead of EU Vote on World Bee Day
Lorraine Tillett
Sent: 07 May 2019 08:02
To: lorraine...@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: FW: Beekeepers Rally Outside Ministries Across Europe to Demand Bee-Friendly Pesticide Standards Ahead of EU Vote on World Bee Day
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From: Press SumofUs <pr...@sumofus.org>
Date: Tuesday, 7 May 2019 at 09:01
Subject: Beekeepers Rally Outside Ministries Across Europe to Demand Bee-Friendly Pesticide Standards Ahead of EU Vote on World Bee Day
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Beekeepers Rally Outside Ministries Across Europe to Demand Bee-Friendly Pesticide Standards Ahead of EU Vote on World Bee Day
Beekeepers, consumer advocates, and environmental groups will gather outside nine agriculture ministries across Europe on Thursday to hand in a petition signed by over 220,000 SumOfUs members, demanding that the European Commission finally makes pesticide testing bee-friendly. These creative and visual events, led by groups and individuals working directly with embattled bees, aim to draw the attention of decision-makers and compel them to listen to citizens across Europe.
WHO: SumOfUs (Europe-wide), Greenpeace Netherlands (Netherlands), The Pollinators (Netherlands), Latvijas Dabas fonds (Latvia), Romapis (Romania), Romanian Ornithological Society (Romania), WWF Romania (Romania), Buglife (UK), Foundation for Environment and Agriculture (Bulgaria), Slow Food Europe (Italy), The Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations (FIBKA) (Ireland)
WHAT: Protests outside of nine separate European Agriculture Ministries (see addresses below) demanding that bee-friendly pesticide standards are implemented in a vote at the EU on World Bee Day
WHEN: Thursday 9 May 2019 11:00
*The action in Dublin, Ireland will take place at 12 noon on Thursday 9th May*
*The action in Riga, Latvia will take place on Wednesday 8th May, 11:00*
WHERE:
· Berlin,
· Germany, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Wilhelmstraße 54, 10117 Berlin
· Paris,
· France, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 78 rue de Varenne - 75349 Paris
· The
· Hague, Netherlands, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, 2594 AC, The Hague
· London,
· UK, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF
· Bucharest,
· Romania Have asked them to confirm
· Sofia,
· Bulgaria Have asked them to confirm
· Dublin,
· Ireland (12 noon, 9th May), Agriculture House Kildare St. Dublin 2. DO2 WK12
· Rome,
· Italy, Ministero delle Politiche Agricole Via XX Settembre, 20 00187 Roma
· Riga,
· Latvia (8th May), Have asked them to confirm
WHY: On 20th May, World Bee Day, the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed will vote to determine pesticide testing standards. Advocates will gather at nine ministries to urge member states to raise pesticide testing standards detailed in EFSA’s 2013 Bee Guidance document. If the Committee fails to ban all three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, beekeepers and environmental activists fear that new bee-killing pesticides will flood the market, rendering last year’s much-celebrated neonic ban ineffective.
For further information and media requests, please contact:
Rebecca Falcon, SumOfUs, +44(0)7760 881 892, rfa...@sumofus.org
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Eric Beaumont
Not heard of it, Lorraine.
If I had known a month ago, BKAs and others could have promoted it.
Such short notice us unlikely to produce numbers.
Eric.
From: Lorraine Tillett
Sent: 07 May 2019 12:59
To: East LOndon Beeks
Subject: [el-beeks] FW: Beekeepers Rally Outside Ministries Across Europe toDemand Bee-Friendly Pesticide Standards Ahead of EU Vote on World Bee Day
Have you seen this? I think the date for London must be Thursday 9th May. Lorraine
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