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Drawing on a lifetime’s study, Dave Goulson reveals the shocking decline of insect populations that has taken place in recent decades.<\/p>\n

Eye opening, inspiring and riveting, Silent Earth<\/em> is part love letter to the insect world, part elegy, part rousing manifesto for a greener world. It is a call to arms for profound change at every level – in government policy, agriculture, industry and in our homes and gardens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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