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global Honey Tests - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "rates of - neonicotinoid insecticides - in North America !"

 

 

 

 

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• "86% - of samples - contained one or more !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "followed by Asia - then Europe !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was lowest in - South America at - 57% !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( almost half the samples - contained different ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the samples of honey - from across the world - of the vital pollinators !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "honey-bees - range over many kilometres - to collect nectar - and pollen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "making the honey - they produce - an excellent indicator !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of their local landscape - and the wild habitats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "bees - and other pollinators - are vital !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to three-quarters - of the world’s food crops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there is a growing number - of highly critical reports - on pesticides !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "including research - showing most farmers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "could slash pesticide use - without losses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a UN report said - that these were not necessary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that pesticides - should be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and that the regulators - should be more careful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• “Prof Edward Mitchell - at the University of Neuchâtel - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• “that 75% - of their samples - had measurable quantities !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that was surprising to them - since their coverage !"

 

 

 

 

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• "included many remote areas - including oceanic islands !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "48% - of their samples - exceeded the minimum safe - level !"

 

 

 

 

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• "( learning - behaviour - and colony success - of honey-bee colonies - as well as wild bees ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Prof Dave Goulson - at the University of Sussex - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "it was high time - that we developed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a global regulatory system - for pesticides !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the consequences - were far reaching - and could not be ignored !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the global food production system - must not be put at risk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Jean-Marc Bonmatin - at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in Orléans - one of the assessment team - said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the use - of pesticides - must be reduced !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to have - environmentally sustainable - agricultural practices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that provide - real benefit - to farmers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "increase - soil quality !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "protect biodiversity - and water - air - and food !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "three neonicotinoids - are banned from use !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "on flowering crops - in the European Union !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and the European Commission - has new regulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that ban - these pesticides - from nearly all fields !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there is growing momentum - in support !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of a new - global solution !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to ensure - that high standards - of protection - for the environment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and people - are applied - everywhere !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Trade - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07BRASILIA362

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• "the US embassy - and under secretary Burns !"

 

 

 

 

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• "had lobbied - Brazil !"

 

 

 

 

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• "for an expansion - of its biofuels market !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Trade - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06BRASILIA2233

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• "US ambassador - and US agricultural and economic counselors !"

 

 

 

 

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• "met with Brazil's agriculture minister - Luis Pinto Guedes !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they lobbied him - for biofuels !"

 

 

 

 

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• "agricultural export - restoring access !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "to Brazil's cattle - and beef markets !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and approval of - GMO products - genetically modified organism !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Biofuels - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06RIODEJANEIRO445

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• "the US embassy had contacted - Shell - and Petrobras !"

 

 

 

 

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• "they viewed - bio-fuels !"

 

 

 

 

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• "as part - of a diversified energy - product mix !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France questioned Biofuels - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07PARIS4432

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• "Nicolas Sarkozy said - that in France !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the development of biofuels - would be reassessed !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he targeted the - first generation biofuels !"

 

 

 

 

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• "produced from food - and feed crops !"

 

 

 

 

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• "the French energy and environment agency - ADEME - was tasked !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with assessing the ecological questions - of biofuel production !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "French environmental associations - and consumers organizations !"

 

 

 

 

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• "have been very critical - of the biofuel program !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biofuels Study - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09VIENNA903

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• "the study on biofuels - and food security !"

 

 

 

 

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• "commissioned by the OPEC - fund for international development - OFID !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "called for a decreasing - of the first-generation biofuels - production !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "so that food security - in the developing world - was not harmed !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that there was no competition for arable land - and no deforestation !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there were better ways - that also have !"

 

 

 

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• "to deliver significant - greenhouse gas mitigation !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agro-Fuels - Eric Holt-Giménez: LINK ¤ FOOD FIRST

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• "agro-fuels - were not the solution !"

 

 

 

 

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• "if biofuels - would have 10 percent - of transport fuel !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as there were some plans - then the US’s - entire corn !"

 

 

 

 

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• "and soy harvest - would need to be processed as - ethanol - and bio-diesel !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in Europe - it would mean - 70% - of its farmland !"

 

 

 

 

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• "which would raise many questions - between the global North - and the global South !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "when the full "life cycle" - of agro-fuels - was considered !"

 

 

 

 

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• "from land - to consumption !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the moderate emission savings - would be undone !"

 

 

 

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• "( cultivation - and soil carbon ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biofuels - Eric Holt-Giménez - taz: LINK ¤ t a z

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• "Biofuels - waren nicht die Lösung !"

 

 

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• "wenn Biokraftstoffe - 10 Prozent - der Transportkraftstoffe abdecken würden !"

 

 

 

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• "wie in manchen Plänen angegeben - dann müssten die USA !"

 

 

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• "ihre gesamte Mais - und Sojaproduktion - zu Ethanol - und Biodiesel verarbeiten !"

 

 

 

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• "in Europa wären es - 70 Prozent - des Ackerlandes !"

 

 

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• "was einige Fragen aufwerfen würde - zwischen dem globalen Norden - und dem globalen Süden !"

 

 

 

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• "wenn man den gesamten - "Lebenszyklus" - von Biokraftstoffen !"

 

 

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• "betrachtete - vom Land - bis zum Verbrauch !"

 

 

 

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• "dann würden die moderaten - Emissionsverringerungen - aufgewogen werden !"

 

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• "( Kultivierung - CO² im Boden ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOFUEL - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BIOFUEL