To save our pollinators we need weeds
Our pollinators are undergoing catastrophic declines as a result of habitat loss and pesticide use. But there is something we can all do to give our bees, butterflies and other beleaguered nectar and pollen feeders a helping hand.
A fantastic petition to the UK Parliament has just been posted calling for the repeal of the archaic Weeds Act 1959. This now obsolete piece of legislation drives and justifies the 'scorched earth' approach to land management practiced by many councils and other land owners.
Please sign and share with your friends we can really make a difference for our declining pollinators:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266743
A fantastic petition to the UK Parliament has just been posted calling for the repeal of the archaic Weeds Act 1959. This now obsolete piece of legislation drives and justifies the 'scorched earth' approach to land management practiced by many councils and other land owners.
Please sign and share with your friends we can really make a difference for our declining pollinators:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266743
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/14/give-dock-leaves-thistles-protected-status-save-britains-rare/
Though a little dramatic in its framing and title the article in none the less worth a read.
In terms of my interest, I chair Maidstone Borough Council's Climate Change and Biodiversity Emergency Working Group and this petition was submitted by a brilliant local young ecologist.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-guidance-prevent-spread-ragwort/
When I go out walking, I always pull up Oxford ragwort when I see it on grazing land. Like Japanese knotweed, it was sadly introduced into this country by blithering idiots long ago.
However, in my garden I have an abundance of flowering weeds, though I draw the line at Japanese knotweed. Many of them, including ragwort, blow in from elsewhere. They are welcome to flower in my garden. I just don’t let the nasty ones seed and spread to the adjacent field.
I have signed the petition.