Despite nearly 15,000 people calling for better support for farmers and wildlife, the UK Government recently approved emergency authorisation for the use of a bee-killing pesticide — known as a neonicotinoid or neonic — on sugar beet crops in England for the fourth year in a row. Writes Erin McDaid of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. This decision, signed off by Farming Minister and MP for Sherwood, Mark Spencer, comes despite the pesticide being banned for use in the UK since 2018 and an industry commitment to end reliance on the banned pesticide in 2023. While The Wildlife Trust’s campaign ag…
