MPs Congress of Colima unanimously approved the clause of the agreement urge various departments federal, state and municipal authorities to take immediate action that set the rulessupervision, proper use or, as appropriate, prohibition of highly hazardous pesticides as in the case of the use of finopril, which caused the death of millions of bees in the municipalities of Tekoman and Armeria.
According to the clause of the agreement presented by Deputy Alfred Alvarez, This pesticide is also the cause death of butterflies, bats and hummingbirdsfour main types of pollinators for the survival of ecosystems.
Also toaffects productivity and reproduction and wild plants, as they pollinate 90 percent of flowering plants, 75 percent of the world’s food crops and 35 percent of agricultural land, according to the United Nations.
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Roberto Chavez RinconThe President of the Association of Honey Producers, indicated that this chemical is used to kill coconut and lemon ulcers, therefore Tecoman and Armeria are the municipalities most affected, where a total of 736 beehives were devastated by poisoning between July 16 and July 25 alone. .
“We have 73 to 75 percent prey, there is no understanding that bees are the best pollinators of crops, 75 percent of the food we consume is pollinated by our bees,” he said.
They also warned that the problem could spread as there are avocado, blueberry and cherry growers in the northern part of the formation, on the slopes of the Colima volcano, who also use a lot of agrochemicals.
Honey producers claim that Deputy Minister of Rural Developmentthe state government has not made rollers, loudspeakers or surveys on the plantations, despite the fact that this is an emerging problem.
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Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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