[All] Fwd: FW: Webinar: Neonicotinoids, honeybees, and the forestry connection_April 25th at 11:00 (Eastern)

Sat Apr 16 08:13:30 EDT 2016

thanks Anne- this sounds like quite a compilation of in-depth studies, the findings of which should be important to hear. Its quite surprising, that with all the briliant scientists/researchers etc. in the world, several destructive pests seem to be unstoppable - eg. I was sad to see a whole row of beautiful mature trees at the edge of Westmount Golf Course, where Union Blvd. meets Aberdeen Rd.,  being cut down back in January - I  asked Kitchener Councillor (Zyg Janecki -his ward) to find out why, and he said City staff said it was due to Emerald Ash borer. We need to find safe ways of targeting specific species without harming other desirable species and living things in the/their proximal environment. Perhaps growing DNA research and nano-technology will help in this more targetted form of control.

Lori
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  From: Anne Morgan 
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  Subject: [All] Fwd: FW: Webinar: Neonicotinoids, honeybees, and the forestry connection_April 25th at 11:00 (Eastern)

  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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                                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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