 Pollinators: First global risk index for species declines and effects on humanity
Disappearing habitats and use of pesticides are driving the loss of pollinator species around the world, posing a threat to "ecosystem services" that provide food and wellbeing to many millions -- particularly in the Global South -- as well as billions of dollars in crop productivity. This is according to an international panel of experts, led by the University of Cambridge, who used available evidence to create the first planetary risk index of the causes and effects of dramatic pollinator declines in six global regions. Read More Here Read the Journal Paper
Read this recent opinion piece in the Washington Post
As well as these past blog posts: NYT - the silence of bugs Latest in Insect Declines - Click here and here and here World-wide decline in insect populations. Click Here. Biological Conservation, January 2019, 232: 8–27
The Spotted Lanternfly is moving into Virginia!!!
Get Knowledgeable About This Important Invasive Now Tracking the Invasion: New Technique Traces Spotted Lanternflies for Life Article and Research Another Recent Article ORMN Chapter points of contact for further information: Bill Birkhofer, Kathleen Aucion, and Don Hearl. These folks have training and monitoring materials. More Information Here |
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