Bees, butterflies, wasps, beetles, bats, flies and hummingbirds that spreadpollen — all of them are vital
A major 2016 report says that pollinator-dependent food production has increased 300% over the past half century, and the annual market value could be as high as $ 577 billion.
Dr Lynn Dix, from the Cambridge Department of Zoology , has assembled a team of 20 scientists and indigenous people to try to conduct an initial assessment of the factors and risks of pollinator declines around the world.
According to the study, the three main causes of the mass extinction of pollinators are:
- destruction of habitat,
- use of pesticides,
- the impact of climate change.
For humans, the biggest direct risk is probably crop pollination deficiency.Scientists assessed this factor as serious.
Also, a decrease in the number of pollinators will affectwild plants. The inhabitants of Africa, the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America are most susceptible to this: it is there that people are most dependent on wild-growing food.
According to the study, Latin America is most at risk, as its inhabitants are the most dependent onefficient cultivation of cashews, soybeans, coffee and cocoa.many pollinators such as hummingbirds
China and India are also increasingly dependent on the export of fruit and vegetable crops that require pollinators.
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