John,

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.

Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.

Can you chip in $1 to help these brave scientists taking on Bayer-Monsanto?

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.

Donating just takes a moment -- use Paypal or your card.

Can you chip in $1 to stop bee-killing pesticides in Africa?