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Viveros y jardineros son invitados a salvar abejas y mariposas

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Thursday, May 27, 2021   

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A medida que avanza la temporada de jardinería de primavera, los grupos que luchan por salvar a las abejas y otros polinizadores piden a viveros y consumidores que eviten comprar plantas cultivadas con pesticidas dañinos.

Algunos pesticidas se rocían pero otros son sistémicos y envenenan el néctar.

Sharon Selvaggio, de la Sociedad Xerces, dice que los jardineros pueden terminar dañando a los polinizadores que están tratando de proteger, por lo que deben hacer preguntas antes de comprar.

"Lo que queremos es que la gente vaya a su vivero y diga: 'Quiero plantas que estén libres de pesticidas que puedan dañar a los polinizadores'," Selvaggio señaló.

Xerces ha publicado a una hoja de consejos para los consumidores sobre qué preguntar y otra para los viveros sobre cómo ofrecer plantas seguras para las abejas.

Más de una cuarta parte de todos los abejorros de América del Norte están al borde de la extinción. Y la población de mariposas monarca occidental se ha desplomado más del 99 por ciento desde la década de 1980, una situación que los expertos atribuyen al uso de pesticidas, el cambio climático y la destrucción del hábitat.

Sarah Hoyle, también de Xerces, fue coautora de un estudio en 2019 que cual evaluó el algodoncillo nativo en todo el Valle Central en busca de pesticidas, porque es una planta hospedante de orugas monarca.

"Los pesticidas eran realmente comunes en todos lados donde mirábamos," recordó Hoyle. "Huertos familiares, parques, tierras agrícolas y refugios de vida silvestre. Descubrimos que los pesticidas estaban presentes y con demasiada frecuencia a niveles letales."

Kendra Klein, de la organización sin fines de lucro Friends of the Earth, dice que su grupo publicó un informe en 2014 llamado Gardeners Beware, y luego aseguró compromisos de Lowe's, Home Depot y otras cadenas de viveros para dejar de vender plantas cultivadas con neonicotinoides y otros pesticidas dañinos.

"Estos son pesticidas que son sumamente toxicos para las abejas y otros polinizadores y se sabe que son un motor de lo que algunos cientificos llaman un apocalipsis de insectos: una disminucion importante en las poblaciones de insectos polinizadores en todo el mundo," explicó Klein.


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