Simple Changes #12
Reduce the use of pesticides and fertilisers on road verges and in urban green spaces
Problem
Every year hundreds of tonnes of toxic pesticides are used in our streets, parks, schools and open spaces of towns and cities. They have been linked to declines in bees and pollinators, birds, mammals, aquatic animals and non-target plants.
Simple Change
By reducing the use of pesticides and fertilisers and developing new Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies, you will be reducing environmental damage from contaminated soil, air and water, reducing biodiversity loss in non-target species, as well as improving drinking water quality.
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A Resilient Wales
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A Resilient Wales
A nation which maintains and enhances a biodiverse natural environment with healthy functioning ecosystems that support social, economic and ecological resilience and the capacity to adapt to change (for example climate change)
A Healthier Wales
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A Healthier Wales
A society in which people’s physical and mental well-being is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood
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A Globally Responsible Wales
A nation which, when doing anything to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, takes account of whether doing such a thing may make a positive contribution to global well-being
