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23 Mar 2011 | by Gemma Mackenzie

RSPB Scotland is calling on volunteers to help tackle invasive non-native plants at the Baron's Haugh nature reserve, near Motherwell.

Chemicals Regulation Directorate withdraws Acclaim with immediate effect

21 Mar 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

Acclaim (MAPP 14905) has been withdrawn by the Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD).

Bayer Garden to blog to customers

21 Mar 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

Garden care company Bayer Garden has launched a blog (www.bayergardenblog.co.uk) and Facebook page, to answer consumers' questions, give visitors to the sites information on promotions and competitions and seek feedback on a range of other topics, including the performance of its products and their...

Phytophthora experts say they are hopeful that spread of disease will lessen this year

18 Mar 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

Phytophthora ramorum specialists say they are hopeful the spread of the disease may not be as bad this year as in 2010. Their comments follow the annual Phytophthora Industry Liaison group meeting, held in Bodmin, Cornwall, last week.

Caroline Spelman urged to act on EU pesticide law

18 Mar 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

Pesticide supply sector fears transposition of EU Sustainable Use Directive will weaken controls.

Bee collapse is worldwide, says UN

16 Mar 2011

Honey bee populations are collapsing globally, say scientists working for the United Nations.

Greenor wins 91/414 re-registration approval

14 Mar 2011 | by Matthew Appleby

Greenor turf herbicide, which controls daisies and clover, from Dow AgroSciences has received its Annex III approval.

Partners team up to confront non-native weeds

11 Mar 2011

Scottish Natural Heritage has teamed up with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers to battle an invasion of New Zealand Pigmyweed in Loch Flemington, near Nairn.

Bid to eradicate oak processionary moth in west London scrapped by commission

11 Mar 2011 | by Gavin McEwan

The Forestry Commission has given up eradicating oak processionary moth and will no longer issue statutory notices requiring the removal of nests and caterpillars from trees in five west London boroughs. Instead it aims to contain it.

Results of study by researchers on night-flying moths

11 Mar 2011

A study by researchers at Rothamsted Research and the universities of Lund (Sweden), Greenwich and York, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that night-flying moths are able to match their songbird counterparts for travel speed and direction during their migrations, but they use different...