Dear John,

At last, the UK government denied the emergency authorisation of a bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide yesterday. Halting the 4-year cycle of government-sanctioned use of this banned pesticide on England's sugar beet crops.

But the UK’s pesticides plan is nowhere near strong enough to protect our pollinators properly. And the loophole that allows emergency use of the nasty neonics must be closed once and for all.

With your support, we’ll keep up the pressure on the government to go even further than this pesticide ban. You can help us keep making a buzz for our bees and stop nature from being ignored today.

Please join us with a monthly donation to help us demand the government makes nature a priority.

The government has recently committed to “deliver for nature” with new policy and action to promote biodiversity. And we need to hold them to it.

We’re a member of the Pesticides Collaboration alongside over 60 other charities and organisations. Together we’re campaigning for a strong national action plan on pesticides. One that includes the commitment to stop bringing back these bee-harming chemicals for good.

And we’re continuing to campaign for a new law to secure everyone’s legal right to live in a healthy environment. As well as a new law to hold UK companies accountable for abuses to our rights and natural world, both here and overseas.

But this is only possible with your support. So please, if you can, strengthen our campaign today with a monthly donation.

Bees are incredibly important for our survival – pollinating many of our food crops and playing a critical role in sustaining ecosystems that we and nature rely on.

The government's rejection of a request to allow the use of these bee-harming neonic pesticides is a step in the right direction. But it must go further and develop a national pesticides plan that protects our wild species and provides the greener, fairer future we all deserve.

By supporting us, you’re playing a crucial part in the fight to protect nature and wild species.

Thank you for donating anything you can today.

Best wishes,

Paul de Zylva

Senior Sustainability Analyst, Friends of the Earth