Last month, researchers at the University of Illinois and the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study that is the first to identify a single cause of the colony collapse disorder that has been killing off bees across the world. Please find below a selection of articles and blog posts on the matter published since then:
At the Forum for the Future of Agriculture (see previous posts below) we spoke to Luca Montaranella, who is with theLand Management and Natural Hazards Unit at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES). The IES is part of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Comission, its role being to provide scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of European Union policies.
Asked about their views on the revision of current legislation governing pesticides in Europe, the scientists who signed the Declaration of Ljubljana last week, had the following to say:
Here are some more clips from interviews recorded at the scientific workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia, last week (see other blog entries below). Dr Ian Denholm, Rothamsted Research, UK, speaks about the need for radical steps to meet the growing demand for food in Europe, and Lise Nistrup from Aarhus Universitet, Denmark, outlines the effects of pesticides on crop yields.