Restore meadows and limit pesticides to halt the decline of insects biodiversity

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What the petition asks

Parliament needs to consider robust strategies to restore meadows, to further restrict pesticides, and to encourage sustainable farming . The UK must be a leader in the fight against loss of biodiversity and show that ecological considerations are key to politics and business for a healthy future.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/insect-extinction-nature-climate-change-francisco-sanchez-bayo-sydney-science-a8773326.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718313636
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/18/losing-97-percent-britain-wildflower-meadows-matters-butterfly

97% of meadows have been lost in the UK since 1940. This is fuelling a massive decline in insect populations (part of a global decline). We must act to avoid mass insect loss

Timeline

25 Feb 2019	Petition opened for signatures
25 Aug 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 137

Status Closed

Opened 25 Feb 2019

Closed 25 Aug 2019

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