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The Insect apocalypse - a risk to all life on earth?

The Bigger Picture · The Daily Digest · 8 Jan 2020 · 21 mins listen

Last November, a scientific report said 40% of the 1 million known species of insect are facing extinction. Experts have now come up with a new “roadmap to insect recovery”, and we explore if it will be enough to reverse what conservationists have called the “unnoticed insect apocalypse”.

Produced by:

Juliet Jacobs

Presented by:

Juliet Jacobs,Lim Sue Ann,Tee Shiao Eek

Categories:

Environment,Science,Technology,Tech,Business Analysis,Social Issues

Tags:

The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, insect apocalypse, insects, extinction, synthetic pesticides, conservation, sixth mass extinction, animals, pollination, cockroaches, flies, moths, beetles, nature-based farming methods, water pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, habitat loss and fragmentation, climate crisis, over-harvesting, invasive species, greenhouse gas emissions, synthetic fertilisers, Green Revolution, herbicides, nature-friendly gardens, green spaces, millipedes