*[Enwl-eng] The last bees

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                        Bayer’s been quietly expanding its toxic pesticide business across Africa, wiping out the local bee population.

                        A group of brave scientists is fighting to get Bayer’s pesticides banned -- but they need your help.

                        Can you chip in $2 to help save the bees from Bayer’s toxic pesticides? 



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            Scientists just sounded the alarm: Bees are dropping dead all over Africa.

            And who’s behind it? You guessed it, Bayer’s bee-killing pesticides.

            Thanks to you, Bayer is finding it harder and harder to sell neonics in Europe. So it decided to take its bee-killing business to Africa and flood the market with cheap neonics. Beekeepers have already reported plummeting numbers.

            A brave group of scientists in Ghana is fighting hard to get Bayer’s neonics banned, before it’s too late.

            But they’re operating on a shoestring -- so they’ve asked for your help to build the evidence they desperately need to send Bayer’s pesticides packing.


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            In Ghana, Bayer’s pesticides are already having a devastating impact. Cocoa covers over 30% of Ghanaian farmland, which is now loaded with lethal neurotoxins like imidacloprid, which leach into surrounding soil. Yields are falling and experts say it’s because these chemicals are harming key pollinators -- but to win over key officials, they need more evidence.

            Ghana has an election coming up so it’s the perfect time to ramp up the pressure. With your help, Ghanaian scientists can run a study to show the damage neonics are wreaking on local biodiversity and then launch a huge advocacy and media push to get out the results.

            Showing neonics are actually hurting Ghana's economy could shift the whole national conversation and help secure a ban -- that could spread across the continent. All they need is a little help to get started.   


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            Thanks for all that you do, 
            Olivia and all the team at SumOfUs 


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            More information:

            Neonicotinoid Insecticides: Use and Effects in African Agriculture. A Review and Recommendations to Policymakers Network of African Science Academies (NASAC). 30 November 2019.
            Europe has banned neonicotinoid insecticides. Action is needed in Africa too The Conversation. 5 February 2020. 
              
       
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      From: Olivia Boyd, SumOfUs 
      Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2020 5:27 PM
      Subject: The last bees 

     

  
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