Our work tackling pesticides.

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Dear John

As you know, our insect populations are crashing. Last year’s State of Nature ([link removed]) report found declines in distribution of bees, hoverflies, moths, ants, beetles, dragonflies and wasps, to name a few. These insects not only pollinate our food but many of them also help to control pests on crops.

Let’s face it, here in the UK we don’t get to see many of the more obviously exciting animal species found elsewhere in the world. But we do have a wonderfully diverse, colourful and fascinating world of insects right on our doorstep. It’s incredibly sad to watch these amazing creatures slowly disappear.

Pesticides are a key driver in this loss and we are asking that you please support our work with a donation, or even better, sign up to support us monthly with a direct debit.
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We are a small team but we pack a big punch and know how to use your money wisely. We don’t have big overheads or spend a lot of money on marketing or advertising like many big charities. Join us in the fight against an incredibly wealthy and powerful pesticide industry.

Listed below are just some of the things we’ve managed to achieve, with your help, over the last year that support biodiversity (we do many other things too!):
* Three major supermarket chains have now stopped selling harmful garden pesticides and six of the UK’s top ten supermarkets are trialling non-chemical alternatives to pesticides around their stores and car parks. They are also considering planting wildflowers and other bee-friendly plants on their verges. Most supermarkets now restrict the use of neonicotinoids and many other bee-toxic pesticides and M&S has introduced an outright ban on the use of neonicotinoids on any crops that are in flower and attractive to bees.
* Our work with organisations in Ethiopia and Benin has now supported more than 17,000 farmers to grow cotton and vegetables without insecticides.
* We secured a commitment from Labour in the run up to the UK general election that, if elected, they would not grant emergency permission to use the banned neonicotinoid – thiamethoxam – on sugar beet. One teaspoon of the chemical is enough to kill 1 billion bees. It remains to be seen whether they will keep this promise.
* Green MP Sian Berry submitted a bill in the House of Commons that we drafted with legal charity Client Earth. If passed into law, the bill would ban urban pesticide use by public bodies (including local councils) in England.
* In collaboration with Brighton’s Our City, Our World ([link removed]) , we are promoting pesticide-free schools in Brighton & Hove. One school has already stopped using pesticides, and several others are considering following suit. We hope many more schools across the UK will join this initiative, creating safe, healthy spaces for children and fostering biodiversity.
* We were instrumental in securing global commitments to phase out Highly Hazardous Pesticides in agriculture by 2035 and to reduce risks to biodiversity from pesticides by at least half by 2030.
* Springwatch ([link removed]) featured our research on highly bee-toxic pesticides being used in pet flea and tick treatments. The programme was watched by more than 1 million people.

This is just a small window into some of our achievements over the past year. We hope they highlight how we are putting your funds to good use and how valuable your donation will be to support real, positive change.
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Thank you.

In solidarity,

Keith Tyrell

Director, Pesticide Action Network UK

P.S. If you are already one of our special supporters that give us a monthly donation and/or have recently donated, we are grateful and we thank you.
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