Skip to letters
Dear Commissioner Kyriakides,
Pesticide Action Network Europe is reaching out to you regarding the urgent need for a new Guidance Document on terrestrial ecotoxicology assessment for the European pesticide authorisation procedure. It is evident that the current 2002 version does not serve its purpose to protect biodiversity. Insects are massively dying, even in protected areas: a German research found more than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass. European citizens are concerned about biodiversity loss. According to Eurobarometer (2019), 96% of citizens believe that we have a responsibility to protect nature.