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Protecting Pollinators:

How to Save the Creatures that Feed Our World
  • ISBN-13: 9781610919364
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Jodi Helmer
  • Price: AUD $56.99
  • Stock: 5 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 14/06/2019
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 232 pages Weight: 340g
  • Categories: Earth sciences [RB]
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We should thank a pollinator at every meal. These diminutive creatures fertilize a third of the crops we eat. Yet half of the 200,000 species of pollinators are threatened. Birds, bats, insects, and many other pollinators are disappearing, putting our entire food supply in jeopardy. In North America and Europe, bee populations have already plummeted by more than a third and the population of butterflies has declined 31 percent.

Protecting Pollinators explores why the statistics have become so dire and how they can be reversed. Jodi Helmer breaks down the latest science on environmental threats and takes readers inside the most promising conservation initiatives. Efforts include famers reducing pesticides, cities creating butterfly highways, volunteers ripping up invasive plants, gardeners planting native flowers, and citizen scientists monitoring migration. 

Along with inspiring stories of revival and lessons from failed projects, readers will find practical tips to get involved. They will also be reminded of the magic of pollinators'not only the iconic monarch and dainty hummingbird, but the drab hawk moth and homely bats that are just as essential. Without pollinators, the world would be a duller, blander place. Helmer shows how we can make sure they are always fluttering, soaring, and buzzing around us.
 
Introduction                                                                                                                       
Chapter 1. Bees and Beyond 
Chapter 2. No Place Like Home 
Chapter 3. Taming Toxics 
Chapter 4. The Need for Native Plants 
Chapter 5. Lessons from a Warming Planet  
Chapter 6. Helping without Hurting
Chapter 7. Stand Up and Be Counted  

Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Index
“Jodi Helmer’s book does more than lay out the state of affairs for pollinators; she also offers practical and inspiring solutions. Her book is comprehensive, and covers not just bees, but many of the other pollinators upon which we rely. It is an engaging read, packed with information, and she provides enough background that even someone not familiar with pollinators and their ecology will have a healthy grasp by the end. I am thrilled that Jodi has written such an important and truly useful book, and recommend it to any who are interested in the future of our pollinators.”
 
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