Due to pesticides , diseases, environmental changes and agriculture the pollinators are declining. Pollinators are insects such as butterflies, bumblebees, hoverflies, wasps, moths and honeybees. If bees were to extinct form nature, it will be catastrophic. It could cost the UK economy up to 440 million pounds a year, scientist have warned. Claire Carvell from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, said that since the 1970s, there had been a 75% decline of butterfly species in the UK. Also, out of 25 species of bumblebees, three had gone extinct, she added. Several researches have started to preserve the biodiversity, the vital thing is to communicate the results of their studies to the people in the field; beekeepers and farmers. This was said at a news briefing at the Science Media Centre, by Professor Andrew Watkinson, director of the Living with Environmental Change programme.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10371300.stm
What is going on with the world? Will there soon be a world without beautiful butterflies, annoying wasps, cute bumblebees and lovely honeybees? I think it is a good idea to put a lot of money in researching the main problems of the declining. It is in everybody’s concern if pollinators do not extinct. Obviously it will mess with nature and make everything change. We do not want change, at least, not with nature! We should stop cutting trees, ruin forests and put a stop to a lot of construction companies and pesticide companies. If we have to, maybe we should think about environmental friendly houses, made of wood or other materials, instead of concrete and stones! And other ways to keep the insects away, instead of chemically killing them… Any ideas?
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