Scarcity of pesticide data in New Zealand with a focus on neonicotinoids: A review
The Science of The Total Environment,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
970, С. 179044 - 179044
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Since
Europe's
2018
neonicotinoid
ban
on
outdoor
use
of
clothianidin,
imidacloprid,
and
thiamethoxam,
there
has
been
growing
political,
scientific,
public
interest
in
further
understanding
the
impact
neonicotinoids
bees
environment.
Here,
we
assessed
trends
pesticide
New
Zealand,
with
a
particular
focus
neonicotinoids,
to
aid
discussion
their
associated
risks.
Obtaining
data
annual
quantities
is
challenging,
as
no
central
collection
across
agrichemical
or
regulatory
sectors
Zealand.
Consequently,
true
scale
frequency
usage,
including
remain
largely
unknown.
The
difference
patterns
between
where
45
%
forage
brassicas
(annual
planting)
pastures
(infrequent
are
grown
from
neonicotinoid-treated
seeds,
northern
hemisphere
countries,
56
over
90
food
crops
rely
indicates
lower
overall
This
underscores
need
for
region-specific
approaches
management
regulation.
Although
residues
can
persist
migrate
soil,
current
regulations
only
consider
risk
foliar
spray
protect
honey
bees,
overlooking
potential
risks
native
which
primarily
live
underground,
well
wider
lethal
sublethal
impacts
non-target
organisms.
lack
publicly
accessible
limits
scientific
research
environmental
effects,
absence
readily
available
substitutes
key
challenge
be
overcome
order
better
manage
these
pesticides
Zealand
ecosystems.
Язык: Английский
Contrasting patterns of land use by resident and migratory bird assemblages in a tropical working landscape
Oikos,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 20, 2025
The
spatial
configuration
and
management
of
agricultural
other
land‐use
practices
can
affect
ecological
assemblages.
However,
the
differences
in
how
resident
migratory
birds
respond
to
are
remain
unclear,
hindering
our
understanding
bird
biodiversity
responses
land
use.
In
a
tropical
moist
broadleaf
forest
landscape
southeastern
Mexico,
we
assessed
alpha,
beta,
functional
diversity
as
indicators
ecosystem
functioning
across
landscape‐
habitat‐level
gradients,
incorporating
distance
protected
area,
understory
vegetation
cover,
three
uses:
1)
primary
forest,
2)
secondary
3)
cattle
pasture.
Compositionally,
assemblages
exhibited
similar
gradual
shifts
uses.
while
richness
steadily
declined
with
increasing
from
area
simplification
structure,
did
not
change.
Relative
assemblages,
found
that
abundances
were
greater
pasture,
insectivores
compensated
for
68%
abundance
losses
Among
these
increases
declines
utilize
foliage
gleaning
sallying
foraging
methods.
Our
findings
emphasize
importance
evaluating
managing
landscapes
around
areas,
highlight
distinct
use,
reveal
mechanisms
sustain
functions
modified
landscapes.
Язык: Английский
One Health Landscape in Tennessee: Current Status, Challenges, and Priorities
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
10(6), С. 150 - 150
Опубликована: Май 27, 2025
Tennessee’s
ecological
diversity,
spanning
forests,
farmland,
and
urban
areas,
provides
an
ideal
foundation
for
applying
the
One
Health
approach,
which
integrates
human,
animal,
environmental
health.
This
review
examines
current
landscape,
highlighting
active
initiatives,
ongoing
challenges,
future
directions.
Key
efforts
involve
workforce
development,
disease
surveillance,
outbreak
response,
conservation,
public
education,
led
by
a
coalition
of
state
agencies,
universities,
Tennessee
Committee.
These
programs
promote
cross-sector
collaboration
to
address
issues
such
as
zoonotic
diseases,
climate
change,
land
use
shifts,
contaminants.
Notably,
climate-driven
changes,
including
rising
temperatures
altered
species
distributions,
pose
increasing
threats
health
stability.
has
responded
with
targeted
monitoring
partnerships.
Education
is
also
priority,
growing
integration
into
K–12
higher
education
build
transdisciplinary
workforce.
However,
faces
barriers,
limited
funding
workforce,
undefined
roles,
informal
inter-agency
data
sharing.
Despite
these
obstacles,
successful
responses
outbreaks
like
avian
influenza
rabies
demonstrate
power
coordinated
action.
To
strengthen
its
strategy,
must
expand
funding,
formalize
improve
systems,
enhance
biodiversity
resilience
positioning
itself
national
leader
in
interdisciplinary
collaborative
solutions.
Язык: Английский
Human-Caused High Direct Mortality in Birds: Unsustainable Trends and Ameliorative Actions
Animals,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
15(1), С. 73 - 73
Опубликована: Дек. 31, 2024
Human
interaction
with
birds
has
never
been
more
positive
and
supported
by
so
many
private
citizens
professional
groups.
However,
direct
mortality
of
from
anthropogenic
causes
increased
led
to
significant
annual
losses
birds.
We
know
the
crucial
impact
habitat
loss
on
survival
its
effects
biodiversity.
Direct
via
is
an
additive
but
biologically
important
cause
avian
decline.
This
focus
this
paper.
paper
synthesises
interprets
data
in
birds,
it
also
discusses
emerging
relatively
hidden
problems,
including
new
challenges
that
may
not
be
able
manage.
points
out
such
deaths
occur
indiscriminately
have
negative
behavioural
reproductive
consequences
even
for
survivors.
All
these
factors
are
address,
because
any
functional
depends
suggests
some
death
toll
can
reduced
substantially
immediately,
seemingly
intractable
problems.
proposes
cross-disciplinary
solutions,
bearing
mind
“ecosystem
services”
provided
benefit
us
all,
continued
existence
diversity
one
cornerstone
human
survival.
Язык: Английский