Richard Stallman3d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/17/france-wildlife-insect-bird-numbers-rise-neonicotinoid-pesticide-ban-aoe
https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global%20heating

Just 8 years after the EU banned neonicotinoid pesticides, the populations of insect-eating birds are starting to recover. Because these pesticides are persistent, full recovery will take a long time. I hope other human-caused effects, such as global heating, will not swamp it.

France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban

Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

The Guardian
Show threadPascal Delrot
@rms
Yes ! But there are law proposals to reintroduce such pesticides, for economic and concurrence reasons. Citizens opposition and voice are important.
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