Run an immediate and urgent report into the ecological effects of pesticides.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

A recent report has shown insect numbers plummet by 75% in 27 years in reserves across Germany. This is a pressing environmental crisis. If this trend continues, insect populations will collapse within years, and the entire ecosystem will follow. Regulation must be put in place as soon as possible.

- The effects of soaking the land with chemicals are not understood
- The entire ecosystem relies on insects; eg. small bird numbers have also declined dramatically in recent years
- Reports say crop productivity could be higher without
- Corporate interests have limited regulatory efforts thus far
- Inaction will be disastrous

Plos One Article - https://tinyurl.com/ybfwmkhq
Guardian - https://tinyurl.com/yabsnvmz
Yale - https://tinyurl.com/y9psnwk6
Monbiot - https://tinyurl.com/ydx7rmmk

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure what you mean by run an immediate and urgent report.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking the Government to commit to monitoring and working to increase insect numbers in the UK. You could also start a new petition asking the Government or Parliament to ban the use of pesticides in the UK, if that's what you'd like to happen.

Timeline

25 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
31 Oct 2017	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Oct 2017

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