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Why the diversity of insects is crucial for maintaining crop yields

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World Economic Forum

Publication Date
2019-04-02

Many species of flower-visiting insect are in trouble in Britain, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) near Oxford, which drew on almost 750,000 observations of insects between 1980 and 2013. The study used population records of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species over large areas of Great Britain to show that one third of these pollinating species declined in range during this time.

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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/insects-species-that-prefer-crops-prosper-while-majority-decline/