Despite repeated promises to ban them, the UK Government has quietly granted yet another authorisation to spray butterfly-killing neonicotinoid pesticides across our fields this summer, despite the fact that their use has been officially banned since 2018.
This comes after Government minister Mary Creagh wrote to Butterfly Conservation two years ago saying that the Government would “change existing policies to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators like bees and butterflies.”
There have since been no plans, and no action. The UK's butterflies are suffering as a consequence.
We’re calling on the Government to honour its commitment to an absolute ban on these butterfly-harming pesticides. No ‘emergency’ licenses. No exemptions.
Join our call now.
