[CANUFNET] Webinar: Neonicotinoids, honeybees, and the forestry connection_April 25th at 11:00 (Eastern)

Wed Apr 13 14:58:09 EDT 2016

An upcoming webinar which may be of interest to the Network.

Thank you,

Stan Phippen R.P.F.

Knowledge Transfer and Policy, Canadian Forest Service
Natural Resources Canada / Government of Canada
stan.phippen at canada.ca   /Tel. (705) 541-5565

transfert de connaissances et des politiques, Service canadien des forêts
Ressources naturelles Canada  / Gouvernement du Canada
stan.phippen at canada.ca   / Tél. (705) 541-5565

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Neonicotinoids, honeybees, and the forestry connection: An overview of the environmental risks associated with these insecticides
April 25, 2016
11:00 a.m. (EST)
Room A103
1219 Queen Street East
Great Lakes Forestry Centre
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
*If you are coming in to the Great Lakes Forestry Centre please arrive early as you will have to sign in with the Commissionaire's desk.

Webinar access
There is no cost to join this English-only presentation, and pre-registration is not required. This webinar is brought to you by the Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC). GLFC is one of five Canadian Forest Service (CFS) research centres. The CFS is one of six sectors within Natural Resources Canada.

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David Kreutzweiser
Research Scientist

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Summary
David Kreutzweiser, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
Taylor Scarr, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

Neonicotinoids, a class of systemic insecticides, are the most widely-used group of insecticides in the world due to their favourable properties from a pest management point of view. They are neurotoxins that are highly effective against a broad range of insect pests while expressing relatively low toxicity to mammals. However, recent studies have shown that their broad scale use has resulted in widespread and persistent contamination in soils, plants, sediments, and water. Also, several studies linked the use of neonicotinoids in agriculture to honeybee colony collapse disorder, which caught the world's attention. Dr. Kreutzweiser and two other Canadians were appointed to a 30-member advisory panel to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Commission on Ecosystem Management that was assembled to review over 800 scientific studies and provide an analysis and synthesis of the environmental risks associated with the widespread use of neonicotinoids. A Worldwide Integrated Assessment was published in a series of papers and several international press conferences were held in 2015. The assessment showed that neonicotinoids pose a serious threat of harm to a broad range of non-target organisms, well beyond honeybees. We will provide an overview of the findings of the WIA and show the forestry connection to this issue. We will highlight similarities and differences between agricultural uses and forestry applications of neonicotinoids and their environmental risks.

About
David is a research scientist in the Forest Ecosystems Research and Assessment Team at the Canadian Forest Service in Sault Ste. Marie. He is also an adjunct professor in biology at Laurentian University and at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, and an associate graduate faculty member at the University of Guelph. He leads a research group that investigates the ecological impacts of forest management, other forest disturbances, and pest control activities on aquatic and forest ecosystems.

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