PAN Europe (Pesticide Action Network), an organisation that campaigns for the sustainable use of pesticides, recalled on 17 March that it is calling for a drastic reduction in the use of pesticides in the EU, in particular to protect biodiversity and thus meet the requirements of the European Green Deal.
As the consultation on the roadmap for the strategy ends on 20 March, the NGO said: “There is no mention of a mandatory reduction target in this roadmap. We call for an 80% reduction by...