original: CNN News
A study from the United Nations warns that the list of our worlds main pollinators, bees, birds, beetles, and butterflies are in jeopardy of global extinction. This obviously means more than just fewer animals/insects around, it means that our world's food supply is in serious trouble. And I really happen to like food so... "About three- fourths of the world's food crops depend on pollination by insects or other animals."
Robert Watson, vice chair of the IPBES states, "Their decline is primarily due to changes in land use, intensive agriculture practices and pesticide use, alien invasive species, diseases and pests, and climate change." Most of these contributing factors are man made problems. If our world's pollinators where to become extinct we would be in serious doo-doo. Think: no more food, flowers, plants, animals, world, etc.
So the next time you see an insect, think twice about smooshing it and rather thank it for its service. This goes to all the birds and other animals as well, although I don't really think you can smoosh those.
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Robert Watson, vice chair of the IPBES states, "Their decline is primarily due to changes in land use, intensive agriculture practices and pesticide use, alien invasive species, diseases and pests, and climate change." Most of these contributing factors are man made problems. If our world's pollinators where to become extinct we would be in serious doo-doo. Think: no more food, flowers, plants, animals, world, etc.
So the next time you see an insect, think twice about smooshing it and rather thank it for its service. This goes to all the birds and other animals as well, although I don't really think you can smoosh those.
website: press here
Erykah Badu has a song about bee's and how cell phone waves are making them not be able to make it back to the hives.
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