Pesticides and Biodiversity Loss: Agronomic Solutions and Political Actions
Wed 15th May 2019, Brussels, 9h00-12h30
Venue: Residence Palace
155, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
The workshop "Pesticides and Biodiversity Loss: Agronomic Solutions and Political Actions" is an event part of the EU Green Week (13 - 17 May 2019) and is promoted as part of the European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI), whose expert group PAN Europe is part of.
Chaired by David Baldock, Institute for European Environmental Policy-IEEP
08:30 // REGISTRATION
09:00 // Welcome by Francois Veillerette, President of PAN Europe
09:15 // Pesticides and Biodiversity Loss
Benoît Fontaine, The French National Museum of Natural History, “Bird decline in French agricultural areas”
Dr. Carsten Brühl, Landau University, “Effects of pesticides on terrestrial biodiversity”
09:45 // Agronomic Solutions: Working with Nature
Prof. Felix Wäckers, Lancaster University, “From pesticide addiction to ecological Integrated Pest Management”
Marco Tasin, Swedish University of Agricultural Science “Working with nature in apple orchards”
Dr. Alain Peeters, Agroecology Europe “Agroecology: a system based on biodiversity and ecosystem services for better profit and quality of life”
Presentation: Solutions to Biodiversity Loss - Alain Peeters, Agroecology Europe Secretary
11:00 // Podium Debate: The way forward for the EU
European Commission: Anne Burrill, Advisor to Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director for Natural Capital ENV.D, DG Environment; Klaus Berend, Head of Unit DG SANTE, Aymeric Berling, DG Agriculture; Caroline Pottier, DG RTD; and PAN Europe.
12:15 // Conclusion by David David Baldock
12:30 // End of meeting
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Agri Innovation Summit on 25-26 June in Lisieux, France: AgroEcoLif - Evaluation d’itinéraires Agro-Ecologiques applicables à la production de Lin Fibre - (GO du PEI)