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(Beyond Pesticides<\/i>, December 9, 2013) Unless regulators take action, \u00a0one of the gifts in the lyrics to “Twelve Days of Christmas,” the turtle dove, \u00a0may \u00a0become extinct. The dove has experienced major population decline in England over the past 20 years, due in significant part to the destruction of \u00a0turtle dove habitat and food sources from \u00a0increasing herbicide use in English agriculture. Other species, such as Monarch butterflies and other pollinators around the world, are also experiencing similar loses of habitat and food sources through an increase in herbicide use. These increasing rates of population decline in wild species underscore the problem that chemical-intensive agriculture plays in the degradation of natural habitats.<\/p>\n

According to a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, \u201cThe turtle dove is the fastest declining bird in the country [England] and within ten years we could lose this icon of the British countryside completely.\u201d Turtle doves in the United Kingdom are found in just a few areas of Southern England and migrate during the winter toward Africa. Turtle doves are obligate granivors, feeding predominantly on seeds of certain arable weeds form farm countryside, such as fumitory, clover and vetch. However, increased herbicide use in England has decimated vegetation (considered “weeds”) that turtle doves have traditionally eaten. In the 1960\u2019s, arable weeds, including fumitory and chickweed, made up more than 75% of the adult diet, but parents are now heavily reliant on cultivated wheat and oilseed corps. The number of breeding pairs in the UK is thought to have dropped this year to a record low of bellow 14,000, making an 84% drop since 1995. This problem is now compounded by the cold and damp summer of 2012 <\/a>hampered the bird\u2019s efforts to feed their chicks as well as keeping them warm.<\/p>\n

Serious losses in the Monarch butterfly population \u00a0have been tied to \u00a0the expansion of genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybeans production. Historically, for butterflies in the U.S., their key source of food, milkweed, was typically found in several key states where the butterfly feeds and breeds: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, parts of Ohio, and the eastern Dakotas. But now fields have been planted with more than 120 million acres of corn and soybeans \u00a0genetically engineered<\/a> \u00a0to be tolerant to glyphosate (Roundup), and many other herbicides, resulting in milkweed destruction in and around agricultural fields. According to the researchers, the utilization of these GE crops has all but eliminated milkweeds from these fields, thus eliminating the butterfly\u2019s source of food. A rapid expansion of farmland \u201d\u201dmore than 25 million new acres in the United States since 2007\u201d\u201d has eaten away grasslands and conservation reserves that supplied the Monarchs with milkweed. Milkweed was once widespread throughout the U.S., but is considered a nuisance weed by farmers throughout the Midwest.<\/p>\n

Recently, the \u00a0New York Times<\/i> \u00a0published an analysis of the \u00a0decline and near absence of Monarch butterflies<\/a> \u00a0at their end migration destination in the mountains of Mexico this fall. This report highlights that the use of Roundup on GE herbicide-resistant crops has devastated Monarch habitat by nearly eliminating milkweed from rural agricultural landscapes.<\/p>\n

A 2011 decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fully deregulate GE alfalfa seed will certainly have an impact on \u00a0bee populations that are essential for the pollination of the alfalfa seed crop. This deregulation is also troubling because alfalfa seed crops is a \u00a0pollinated crop and there is a high possibility of cross pollination between GE and organic production. Alfalfa is the key feedstock for the dairy industry. \u00a0GE contamination will cause organic dairies to lose their source of organic feed, a requirement for organic dairy, including milk and yogurt products. Earlier in September, GE alfalfa was confirmed to have contaminated non-GE alfalf<\/a>a in Washington State. According to the Organic Seed Alliance<\/a>, “Although both the organic and biotechnology industries acknowledge that transgenic material is moving into fields and markets where it is not allowed or wanted, little has been done to address the problem through regulatory processes and enforcement. No new law has been created to address this novel technology.”<\/p>\n

GE alfalfa designed to be resistant to herbicides is unnecessary. USDA data shows that 90% of all the alfalfa planted by farmers in the U.S. was previously grown without the use of any herbicides, which the GE alfalfa is engineered to withstand. Due to the planting of GE alfalfa, USDA estimates that up to 23 million more pounds of toxic herbicides will be released into the environment each year which could lead to the destruction of habitat for wildlife. In discussions with EPA, Beyond Pesticides has told the agency that because of the adverse impact that herbicides are expected to have on bees in GE alfalfa seed production, and given its extremely limited benefit to alfalfa productivity, it should prohibit herbicide use in GE alfalfa production. Beyond Pesticides has noted that EPA’s failure to fully \u00a0consider direct and secondary impacts of pesticides \u00a0on bees and beneficial insect habitat, associated with increasing and \u00a0unnecessary herbicide use in genetically engineered alfalfa, \u00a0is leading to escalating ecological destruction.<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides, along with other environmental and farming organizations, \u00a0filed a suit in March of 2011<\/a> \u00a0challenging the agency\u2019s deregulation of the GE alfalfa. The suit, \u00a0Center for Food Safety, et al., v. Vilsack, et al.<\/i><\/a>, argues that the agency\u2019s deregulation of Roundup Ready alfalfa is unlawful, and tried to prevent any further planting of the engineered crop. However, \u00a0in 2012<\/a>, a U.S. District Judge in San Francisco issued a ruling that USDA\u2019s decision to deregulate GE alfalfa was not unlawful.<\/p>\n

The protection of \u00a0 \u00a0organic integrity and growth of uncontaminated organic production, which must become a national and international priority, is perhaps the central and most effective strategy for protecting threatened species like bees, butterflies, and birds, including turtle doves. Beyond Pesticides encourages consumers to think about the big picture, and support a wider shift toward organic practices through their purchases. Buying organic is a simple move that makes a big difference in preventing unnecessary contamination to themselves, the environment, and the loss of wild habitat. For more information on the chemicals used on everyday conventional produce, see the \u00a0Eating With a Conscience<\/a> \u00a0website. And for more information on why organic is the right path for the future of agriculture, see Beyond Pesticides\u2019 \u00a0Organic Agriculture<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/i><\/p>\n

Source: Daily Mail<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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According to a spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, \u201cThe turtle dove is the fastest declining bird in the country [England] and within ten years we could lose this icon of the British countryside completely.\u201d Turtle doves in the United Kingdom are found in just a few areas of Southern England and migrate during the winter toward Africa. Turtle doves are obligate granivors, feeding predominantly on seeds of certain arable weeds form farm countryside, such as fumitory, clover and vetch. 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