There is a huge use of pesticides in EU agriculture, and this is causing health problems for the citizins, pollution of water and air, and loss of species. Pesticides should not be used in Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs). Especially the farmers and agricultural workers are facing high risk and danger. In order to stop the loss of biodiversity, a good starting point would be to stop the use of pestices in EFAs. Only 5% of the farmers’ land should be free of the use of pesticides, and this is not asking too much. In our opinion, we should even extend the EFAs.
By allowing the use of pesticides on the EFAs, it is not considered an area of ecological focus, just another area contaminated with pesticides.