Insects in Crisis - Livestream

Insects can seem to be everywhere, all at once - sometimes to an annoying degree. After all, three out of every four known animal species on Earth are insects. But these dazzlingly adept creatures - which pre-date the dinosaurs - are suffering a silent and hugely consequential crisis, with their numbers plummeting around the world.

What does it mean when the world’s pollinators crash at a time when the global demand for food is only increasing? What crucial roles do insects play to prop up ecosystems and food webs - and what happens when this status quo is threatened? Milman’s book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World, outlines the ramifications of this loss and explores what’s causing all this to happen.

Speaker: Oliver Milman, reporter, The Guardian

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