Silent Spring (3/3): What are the prospects for pesticide policy‪?‬ Böll.Feature

If we look at biodiversity loss, time is really running out. Especially the young generation is complaining about this. Why are farmers not adapting quickly enough? And what can be done to mitigate the biodiversity and climate crises that are exacerbated by industrialized agriculture? The agricultural sector in Europe is highly subsidized. But is the money from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) being used wisely? Will the European Commission succeed in initiating a trend reversal or is one catastrophe – the war in Ukraine – being played off against the other?
A Podcast with:
• Ariel Brunner - Head of EU Policy „BirdLife Europe“, Brussels, Belgium
• Silvia Bender - State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Berlin, Germany
• Dr. Jörn Wogram - Director of the Pesticides Department of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau, Germany
• Bernhard Krüsken - Secretary General of the German Farmers' Association, DBV, Berlin Germany
• Martin Häusling - MdEP Greens, Brussels, Belgium
• Nina Holland - Researcher at Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Brussels, Belgium
• Marilda Dhaskali - EU Agriculture & Bioenergy Policy Officer, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, Brussels, Belgium
Shownotes:
Original research; The conducted interviews and original sound recordings come from Europe (Berlin, Brussels and the region of Brandenburg).
Open Letter to the EU Commission on Pesticide Reduction and Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy:https://www.birdlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Joint-open-letter_F…
“Sustainable Use Regulation: https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/sustainable-use-pesticides_…
Study: Federal Environment Agendy (UBA) sees room for improvement to achieve the goals set in the European Green Deal: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/press/pressinformation/eu-regulation-…
 
This podcast is an English adaptation of the German podcast series "Stummer Frühling" published in December 2022.