Pesticides blamed for 'catastrophic' decline in French bird population

March 22, 2018 By La rédaction de Mediapart

Two scientific studies have found that the bird population in France has fallen by as much as a third over the past 15 years, and in some regions by two-thirds, a situation described as 'catastrophic' by one biologist involved in the research and which is believed to be due to the decline in insect numbers due to the use of pesticides.

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Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half, researchers have said, reports The Guardian.

Pesticides blamed for 'catastrophic' decline in French bird population

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