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€100 Million German Insect Protection Plan Will Protect Habitats, Restrict Weed Killers

posted by chromas on Sunday September 08 2019, @05:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the halting-evolution dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

In 2017, researchers reported a dramatic loss of insects in Germany’s nature reserves: 76% less biomass over 3 decades. Spurred by wide public concern about the findings, the federal government announced on 4 September a €100 million “action plan for insect protection,”[pdf] which includes at least €25 million a year for research and monitoring of insect populations.

“This takes several steps in the right direction,” says Lars Krogmann, an entomologist at the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart, Germany, who with colleagues last year published a nine-point plan with recommendations[pdf] for reversing insect population declines.

The government plan includes some of those recommendations, such as protecting insect habitats like meadows and hedges.

[...] The plan also promises to phase out all use of glyphosate, the world’s most common weed killer, by December 2023.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:21PM (7 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:21PM (#891358) Homepage

    I will dedicate every last dying breath to fighting globalists who do not believe in free speech.

    Do you hear me, motherfuckers?

    I'm going to ensure that you're ground up like beef, and I will feast from your ashes!

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:27PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:27PM (#891359)

    Dafuq you drinking today, EF? You got some of that wood alcohol? (alcohol distilled from the juices of Jew morning wood)

    • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @07:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @07:32PM (#891374)

      Morning wood juice is syrupy.

  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by takyon on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:34PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Sunday September 08 2019, @06:34PM (#891360) Journal

    Your weed stash is safe.

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @07:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @07:28PM (#891373)

    You last words will be "Noooooooooo!!!! Aaaaaaarrrrrgghhh!!!!!!"

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @08:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @08:54PM (#891394)

    Cause of death: trampled by Jewish cows.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday September 08 2019, @10:14PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday September 08 2019, @10:14PM (#891423) Journal

    I will dedicate every last dying breath to...

    Just from curiosity, how many dying breath do you (think you) have?

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday September 09 2019, @04:17AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday September 09 2019, @04:17AM (#891538)

    Damn but you're lazy.
    Waiting until you're on your deathbed to do something.
    Yeah, lot's to fear there man.
    Typical alcoholic.

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