Last November, a scientific report said 40% of the 1 million known species of insect are facing extinction. Experts have now come up with a new “roadmap to insect recovery”, and we explore if it will be enough to reverse what conservationists have called the “unnoticed insect apocalypse”.

<p>Last November, a scientific report said 40% of the 1 million known species of insect are facing extinction. Experts have now come up with a new &ldquo;roadmap to insect recovery&rdquo;, and we explore if it will be enough to reverse what conservationists have called the &ldquo;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/06/urgent-new-roadmap-to-recovery-could-reverse-insect-apocalypse-aoe?CMP=share_btn_tw">unnoticed insect apocalypse</a>&rdquo;.</p>

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