Pesticides are everywhere, they’re in playgrounds, parks and in our local areas - and it’s killing our pollinators and insects. In the past 20 years there’s been a 60% decline in the UK’s flying insect population and their decline affects all of us - it’s putting our food supply and the UK’s nature and biodiversity at risk.

In 2024 a butterfly emergency was called because of record low numbers, while experts have also warned of a worrying drop in moths and bees. But we can stop the decline and help our pollinators thrive.

France banned all pesticide use in towns and cities almost a decade ago, while countries across the EU have stopped pesticides being used in urban areas. This year the UK government finally banned the emergency use of bee-killing pesticides in the UK. Now they must go further and ban pesticides in our local areas, to help protect our pollinators.