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stay with us on bbc news. still to come: feeling the heat at tokyo 2020 we ll look at how the extreme heat of the japanese summer is affecting the olympics. three of britain s biggest conservation charities are calling on the government to do more to protect grasslands and meadows. the bumblebee conservation trust, plantlife international and butterfly conservation, say grasslands offer a natural solution to cutting carbon and should get similar protection to trees. the charities want the government to secure an international commitment to protect grasslands and meadows at this autumn s climate change conference in glasgow. gill perkins is ceo at the bumblebee conservation trust. species which grasslands are vital for carbon storage and biodiversity, notjust in the uk but globally
M&S faces backlash over plan to release 30m honeybees Phoebe Weston
An attempt by Marks & Spencer to “do good for the environment” by releasing 30 million honeybees into the British countryside has backfired, with conservationists warning the initiative could damage ecosystems and deprive wild pollinators of valuable food sources.
The UK retailer has placed up to 1,000 beehives on 25 farms to produce single-estate honey for customers as part of its five-year Farming with Nature programme. The bees are in cedar beehives, many made in the 1930s, with plenty of nectar nearby, according to a company blog.
But the announcement has been met with dismay by some bee experts and conservationists. “Such and [sic] opportunity missed M&S, this is greenwashing or beewashing at its most blatant,” tweeted Gill Perkins, chief executive of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.