*[Enwl-eng] Goodbye bees, forever?

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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 from 17 African countries is 
fighting hard to get Bayer’s neonics banned across the continent, 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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donation will go through immediately:

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            Bayer’s pesticides are already having a devastating impact. Mass 
bee die-offs have been reported from Benin to Tanzania. Over the last three 
years, farmers in Ghana have been forced to pollinate crops by hand because 
so many pollinators died.

            Ghana’s cocoa yields are falling and experts say lethal 
neonicotinoids like imidacloprid are to blame -- but to win over 
decision-makers, they need more evidence. Key officials have signalled they 
could push for a ban, but only with proof neonics are harming biodiversity 
in Africa -- and almost all the research has been done in Europe. With your 
help, scientists on the ground can gather the data and launch an advocacy 
and media blitz to get the results out.

            Showing neonics are actually hurting African economies could 
shift the whole conversation, and help secure bans across the continent. All 
they need is a little help to get started. Every bit extra we raise will 
help us fight Bayer’s toxic pesticides across the world.


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donation will go through immediately:

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            Thanks for all that you do,
            Anne 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.


      SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together 
to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, 
sustainable path for our global economy.


      From: Anne Isakowitsch, SumOfUs
      Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2020 3:47 PM
      Subject: Goodbye bees, forever?



 
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