Pollinators
Birds, bees, wasps, hoverflies, bats – these are the world’s pollinators, to which we can now add another species: humans. The total economic value of pollination globally is estimated to be €153 billion, nearly 10% of global agricultural production. But now, with 40% of insect species in decline and at risk of dying out around the world, in some parts of rural China like Hanyuan county, farmers are painstakingly pollinating by hand, using a stick with chicken feathers tied to the end. This is a tragic portent for what could become the new normal, unless we protect and restore the pollinators' habitats.
— Wayne Visser
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