Petition urges UK government to act on pesticide use and protect declining pollinator populations
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Summary
This article is an activist call-to-action urging readers to sign a petition demanding the UK government take stronger measures to protect pollinators like bees. It highlights the widespread use of pesticides in public spaces (playgrounds, parks, local areas) and links this to a 60% decline in the UK's flying insect population over the past 20 years. The piece frames pollinator decline as an urgent environmental and public issue requiring government intervention.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledPesticides are everywhere. They're in playgrounds, parks and in our local areas – and they're killing bees and other pollinators.
In the past 20 years there's been a 60% decline in the UK's flying insect population and this affects all of us – it's putting our f
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