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Nick Haddad: "Insects - A Silent Extinction" | The Great Simplification #90

On this episode, Nate is joined by Professor Nick Haddad, a conservation scientist with a focus on butterflies and other insects. Nick unpacks what decades of research have indicated about the declining state of insect populations, which act as the foundation of critical ecosystem functions. The overlooked degradation of butterflies, beetles, bees, ants, ladybugs, and countless other species have huge ripple effects across our local and global ecological functions - from a loss of bird populations to a reduced ability to grow food. Why are we not more concerned about the health and vitality of these critical organisms? Can humans - or life as we know it - survive without these little creatures? What can we do as individuals, businesses, and governments to help insects rebound as quickly as possible, and in turn strengthen the health of everything else. About Nick Haddad Professor Nick Haddad is co-lead of the Long Term Ecological Research site at Kellogg Biological Station at Michigan State University. He leads decades-long, landscape-scale experiments that bring scientific principles to conservation actions. He studies how landscape diversity, including prairie strips through croplands, affect biodiversity, especially of plants and insects, and of ecosystem services including pollination, biocontrol, and decomposition. For three decades he has led the world’s largest experiment testing the role of landscape corridors in increasing dispersal of most plant and animal species, and increasing plant diversity. He has conducted long-term restoration experiments to guide conservation of rare butterflies in the face of climate and land use change. Nick brings together ideas in science and management through ConservationCorridor.org. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.co... 00:00 - Episode Highlight 00:21 - Nick’s background 01:50 - Great lakes 02:26 - Aquatic v. terrestrial insects 03:23 - The start of Nick’s interests in nature 06:29 - Overview of Nick’s work 11:00 - Do wildfires help butterfly populations? 12:11 - Species impacted by military use 14:44 - Differences between moths and butterflies 15:54 - Endangered species of butterflies 16:47 - Why we know more about butterflies 19:00 - Human’s evolutionary history with insects 21:55 - General population’s distaste and fear 23:50 - Caring for pollinators 25:03 - Cultural disconnect 26:42 - Correlation between butterfly and general insect populations 35:10 - What if the Saint Francis's satyr went extinct? 40:05 - How important are insects to us? 44:26 - Are people trying to save insects? 47:12 - The cause of insect biomass loss 49:46 - Neonicotinoids 52:23 - Impact on soil insects 53:57 - What happens if we lower our use of pesticides? 1:00:00 - Should we use the Half-Earth concept? 1:01:37 - Can there be a pesticide that only affects pests? 1:03:34 - Mental shifts 1:05:05 - Planting pollinator gardens 1:08:50 - Overwintering Monarchs 1:10:39 - Making a bigger impact 1:12:42 - Conservation policy in the U.S. 1:17:04 - Difference in insect decline worldwide 1:18:44 - Advice on the polycrisis 1:20:33 - Advice to college students 1:23:25 - Nick waving his magic wand