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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 1d

Raise your voice for safe food and nature free from toxic pesticides friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

Raise your voice for safe food and nature free from toxic pesticides - Friends of the Earth Europe

After a ‘simplification’ package on corporate responsibility, the EU Commission now wants to attack various food laws from pesticides reduction to food control. And they’re asking for everyone’s opini...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 7d

Defending species and the planet is the only path to true wellbeing: economic, mental, social, and cultural. We honor the legacy of Jane Goodall, who showed the world that protecting chimpanzees and ecosystems means protecting humanity itself. 🌍 Stay on the front line, always.
tinyurl.com/s3zaz4v6

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 8d

Brussels hosted the first session of the #YoungCitizensAssembly on #Pollinators (Sept 26–28). BeeLife is proud to be part of this initiative! Discover more -> www.bee-life.eu/post/youth-p...

BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 10d

BeeLife at #Apimondia2025 🐝
Working across Europe, speaking with one united voice.
Grateful to everyone who joined us in Copenhagen and to those supporting from afar. 💛

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 16d

Pollinating EU 🐝
Highlights + presentations now online 👉 www.bee-life.eu/post/pollina...

Pollinating EU: A Collective Call for a Pollinator-Friendly Future

Pollinating EU: A Collective Call for a Pollinator-Friendly Future. We brought together scientists, policymakers, legal experts, and civil society representatives to address one crucial question: How ...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 20d

🐝 Beekeepers concerned about the deregulating New Genomic Techniques (NGTs)
👉 Honey must stay natural & GMO-free! www.bee-life.eu/post/beelife...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · 23d

Last chance! Registration for #Pollinating EU closes soon. 22nd Sept, Danish Parliament, #Copenhagen -> 🌸 Be part of the change: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 29d

It's coming!! The #BackToTheFuture march 🥾💪
Let’s get together to demand

- Accountability for human rights violations and pollution
- Protection for communities from corporate harm

We're ready to pound the pavement, fly our flags and sing out loud.

Will you come along?
backtothefuturemarch.org

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Sep 9

Pollinators aren’t in the SDGs but they help deliver on SDG 1, 2 & 15. 🌍
More bees = more food, income & resilience for farmers.
Support agroecology.
🐝 Be responsible. Become a donor.
#Pollinators #SDGs #Agroecology #Beelife

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Sep 2

BeeLife urges #IUCN to halt genetic engineering in wild species.
Ahead of the World Conservation Congress this October, we call for a moratorium:
👉 Full statement: www.bee-life.eu/post/genetic...

Appeal on Genetic Engineering in Wild Species

BeeLife is calling on IUCN to support a moratorium on genetic engineering in wild species. Releasing genetically modified organisms into natural ecosystems poses unquantifiable risks to biodiversity, ...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 28

🐝Pollinating EU - Side Event at #Apimondia - Sept 22 in Copenhagen-> #Beekeepers, #scientists & #MEPs gather to reshape #EUagripolicy with #pollinators in mind. Details available here: www.bee-life.eu/post/pollina...

POLLINATING EU – Side Event at Apimondia 2025

On 22 September, the day before the official opening of Apimondia, the initiative Pollinating EU will host a special side event at the Danish Parliament, a high-level conference focused on the future ...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 22

🐝 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 🐝
A new BeeLife series to spotlight the hidden allies of #pollinators: from #bees #butterfly, and other #insects, to the partners who help us protect them. Stay tuned...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 12

#Pollinators are buzzing from flower to flower, and BeeLife is buzzing with #projects and #ideas.
Want to carry this summer energy into the rest of the year? 🌻🐝Follow us and stay inspired!

#BeeLife #SummerBuzz #Pollinators #PositiveEnergy #EcoInspiration

BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 8

New EU #CAP Proposal 2028–2034: Reduced Budget, Higher Risks for Pollinators? Read BeeLife’s First Take on What’s at Stake 👉 www.bee-life.eu/post/new-cap...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 8

#𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 #𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞
The Constitutional Council halts the reintroduction of #acetamiprid, citing environmental and health concerns. Over 2M citizens mobilised.
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Loi Duplomb : le Conseil constitutionnel censure les dispositions autorisant la réintroduction de l’acétamipride

L’Elysée a fait savoir qu’Emmanuel Macron « a pris bonne note de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel » et « promulguera » le texte « tel [qu’il] résulte de cette décision », c’est-à-dire sans ce pe...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Aug 6

After the Bees&Bugs Roundtable we launch a new manifesto in collaboration with @paneurope.bsky.social @pollinis.org and Buglife - 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐬: 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐏𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - #agroecology #farming #food #security.
📎 Read more: www.bee-life.eu/publications

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 31

🍯 EU and Ukraine: the agreement about honey. Without traceability, we may never know what’s really in the jar.

The EU’s proposal isn’t final. There’s still time to act.
www.bee-life.eu/post/the-hid...

#HoneyMarket #BeeLife #EUTrade #Traceability #PollinatorProtection

The Hidden Sting: Contradictions in the EU’s Push for Ukrainian Honey Imports

As the European Commission proposed a renewed trade agreement with Ukraine, allowing up to 35,000 tons of duty-free honey imports annually, questions are emerging about how this decision aligns with t...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 28

🐝 Nature matters, not just for #biodiversity, but for Europe's future.
On #WorldNatureConservationDay, we say it loud: working with #nature is the unique way to secure #resilience, #productivity, and #foodsecurity. Read our publication here-> www.bee-life.eu/publications

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 24

🐝 The new EU budget cuts CAP funding by 20%: BeeLife is digging into what this means for pollinators, sustainability & the future of farming.
commission.europa.eu/.../eu-budge...

#EUBudget #PollinatorsMatter #CAP2028

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 22

A Call for Change: Rethinking #Europe’s #Food and #Farming Future
www.bee-life.eu/post/open-le...

Open letter: Food production and rural development in the framework of MFF

This week, BeeLife has sent an open letter to EU decision-makers urging a major rethink of how we approach food production, rural development, and the future of agriculture in Europe.

www.bee-life.eu

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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · Jul 10

👏🇩🇰 We welcome the decision of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the authorisation of 23 #PFAS #pesticides that can form and leach #TFA into groundwater. This persistent, mobile and reprotoxic PFAS is a threat to our drinking water.
www.pan-europe.info/blog/denmark...

Denmark bans 23 PFAS pesticide products because they pollute groundwater

We welcome the decision of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the authorisation of 23 PFAS pesticides that can form and leach trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) into groundwater. This very...

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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · Jun 25

🐝🐞 Join us, @pollinis.org, MEPs @cesarluena.bsky.social & Sebastian Everding (@left.eu), for our roundtable:
"Bees & Bugs: Europe's urgent need to protect biodiversity from pesticides"
📅 15 July at 12:00 CET
📍 @europarl.europa.eu & online
🔗 Register here: www.pan-europe.info/events/confe...

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 2

BeeLife has sent and published an open letter to the EU calling out gaps in the proposed authorisation of #GMsugar beet KWS20-1.
www.bee-life.eu/post/open-le...

Open letter: SCOPAFF meeting Section Genetically Modified Food and Feed on the 13th of June, and the authorisation of GM Sugar beet.

As the European Commission prepares for the upcoming SCOPAFF meeting on June 13th, BeeLife has submitted an open letter voicing strong concerns about the proposed authorisation of genetically modified...

www.bee-life.eu

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gfgf-europe.bsky.social @gfgf-europe.bsky.social · Jun 30

How do 16 national coalitions find a shared vision for the future of #food and #farming in Europe? 🌱

As the next #CAP reform approaches, it’s time for civil society to unite for people, planet & good food for all.

Read @slowfoodhq.bsky.social's interview with Mia on the topic! 👇

#FundOurFuture

Who Gets Paid to Farm in Europe? Rethinking the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy - Slow Food

Why Europe’s farm policy needs a reboot ? A conversation with Good Food Good Farming on funding the future of food in Europe.

www.slowfood.com

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BeeLife @beelifeeu.bsky.social · Jul 2

We’re thrilled to see the new website of @valor-project.eu ! A new step forward in raising awareness, sharing knowledge, and driving action for the protection of all pollinators and biodiversity.

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