Greenpeace Unearthed | How bugs put food on the table | Life Support | 02 @GreenpeaceUnearthed | Uploaded May 2019 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Once upon a time, bugs were seen as a threat to our food supply. We now know that they are the foundation of our ability to feed ourselves – and we’re killing them at an incredible rate.
This video won 'News Analysis or Explanatory Reporting of the Year' at the 2020 Association of British Science Writers Awards.
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Sources and further reading:
- ‘More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’, Caspar A. Hallmann et al. (2017) bit.ly/2XvsiVk
- ‘Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops’, Alexandra-Maria Klein et al. (2006) bit.ly/2XD3xqd
- ‘What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?’, Lynn Dicks et al. (2018) bit.ly/2XBGH2e
- ‘Policies for Ecological Intensification of Crop Production’, Lucas A. Garibaldi et al. (2019) bit.ly/2XFvWvT
- ‘Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web’, Bradford C. Lister and Andres Garcia (2017) bit.ly/2Xz8aS7 (Puerto Rico study)
- ‘The Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects’, John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan (2006) bit.ly/2XzNV6N
Once upon a time, bugs were seen as a threat to our food supply. We now know that they are the foundation of our ability to feed ourselves – and we’re killing them at an incredible rate.
This video won 'News Analysis or Explanatory Reporting of the Year' at the 2020 Association of British Science Writers Awards.
Watch the next episode in the series: youtu.be/ZzOP9jgo-Ng
Life Support is a series about why the global nature crisis matters for our lives. Catch up on episode 01: youtube.com/watch?v=XHJs81yEFLI&t
Subscribe to Unearthed: youtube.com/greenpeaceunearthed
Unearthed is an award-winning investigative journalism platform funded by Greenpeace supporters. We are editorially independent. Check out our latest stories: unearthed.greenpeace.org
Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/greenpeace.unearthed
And Twitter: twitter.com/UE
Sources and further reading:
- ‘More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’, Caspar A. Hallmann et al. (2017) bit.ly/2XvsiVk
- ‘Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops’, Alexandra-Maria Klein et al. (2006) bit.ly/2XD3xqd
- ‘What agricultural practices are most likely to deliver ‘sustainable intensification’ in the UK?’, Lynn Dicks et al. (2018) bit.ly/2XBGH2e
- ‘Policies for Ecological Intensification of Crop Production’, Lucas A. Garibaldi et al. (2019) bit.ly/2XFvWvT
- ‘Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web’, Bradford C. Lister and Andres Garcia (2017) bit.ly/2Xz8aS7 (Puerto Rico study)
- ‘The Economic Value of Ecological Services Provided by Insects’, John E. Losey and Mace Vaughan (2006) bit.ly/2XzNV6N
