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[Anne Morgan]

A upcoming webinar which may be of interest to some members.

​Anne​ M.





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Neonicotinoids, honeybees, and the forestry connection: An overview of the
environmental risks associated with these insecticides

April 25, 2016

11:00 a.m. (EST)
Room A103
1219 Queen Street East
Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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*David Kreutzweiser*

Research Scientist

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Summary

David Kreutzweiser, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Taylor Scarr, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Neonicotinoids, a class of systemic insecticides, are the most widely-used
group of insecticides in the world due to their favourable properties from
a pest management point of view. They are neurotoxins that are highly
effective against a broad range of insect pests while expressing relatively
low toxicity to mammals. However, recent studies have shown that their
broad scale use has resulted in widespread and persistent contamination in
soils, plants, sediments, and water. Also, several studies linked the use
of neonicotinoids in agriculture to honeybee colony collapse disorder,
which caught the world’s attention. Dr. Kreutzweiser and two other
Canadians were appointed to a 30-member advisory panel to the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem
Management that was assembled to review over 800 scientific studies and
provide an analysis and synthesis of the environmental risks associated
with the widespread use of neonicotinoids. A Worldwide Integrated
Assessment was published in a series of papers and several international
press conferences were held in 2015. The assessment showed that
neonicotinoids pose a serious threat of harm to a broad range of non-target
organisms, well beyond honeybees. We will provide an overview of the
findings of the WIA and show the forestry connection to this issue. We will
highlight similarities and differences between agricultural uses and
forestry applications of neonicotinoids and their environmental risks.

About

*David *is a research scientist in the Forest Ecosystems Research and
Assessment Team at the Canadian Forest Service in Sault Ste. Marie. He is
also an adjunct professor in biology at Laurentian University and at the
University of New Brunswick in Saint John, and an associate graduate
faculty member at the University of Guelph. He leads a research group that
investigates the ecological impacts of forest management, other forest
disturbances, and pest control activities on aquatic and forest ecosystems.


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