WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinars: Insect Declines with Dave Goulson

WSRT Wet Wednesday Webinars: Insect Declines, Pesticides and Pet Parasiticides with Dave Goulson

Insects are vital, fascinating, weird and wonderful. They are food, pollinators, recyclers, pest controllers, and much more, so we should be deeply concerned that they are in rapid decline. Dave Goulson will discuss the role of pesticides in driving insect declines, including recent research from his lab linking pet parasite treatments to widespread river pollution.

Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at University of Sussex, specializing in bee ecology. He has published more than 350 scientific articles on the ecology and conservation of bumblebees and other insects, plus seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers A Sting in the Tale (2013), the Garden Jungle (2019), and Silent Earth (2021). Goulson founded the Bumblebee Conservation Trust in 2006, a charity which has grown to 12,000 members. In 2015 he was named number 8 in BBC Wildlife Magazine’s list of the top 50 most influential people in conservation. For each of the last 8 years he was named as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thompson ISI. He is an “Ambassador” for the UK Wildlife Trusts.

This event is brought to you by the Western Sussex Rivers Trust and the Downs to the Sea Project, made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Event Date: November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM (Europe/London)