Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguard biodiversity

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wolfram, Jakob; Bussen, Dino; Bub, Sascha; Petschick, Lara L.; Herrmann, Larissa Z.; Schulz, Ralf
• 署名单位: RPTU University Kaiserslautern
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.aea8602
• 发表日期: 2026-02-05
• 页码: 404511
• 关键词: ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; risk-assessment; surface waters; insecticides; invertebrates; models; management; abundance; residues; QUALITY

摘要

The 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) obligates all countries to reduce pesticide risks by 50% by 2030. In this study, we derived the trends of total applied toxicity (TAT) globally between 2013 and 2019, weighting applied masses by ecotoxicity, of 625 pesticides for eight species groups to assess pathways toward this reduction goal. We found that the TAT of most species groups has increased; that only 20 +/- 14 pesticides per group define >90% of the TAT nationally; that fruits, vegetables, maize, soybean, rice, and other cereals contribute 76 to 83% of the global TAT; and that China, Brazil, the United States, and India contribute 53 to 68% of the global TAT. Our target achievement categorization shows that substantial actions, combining shifts to less-toxic pesticides, increased adoption of organic agriculture, and also provision of national pesticide use data, will be required globally to approach the United Nations' target.