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	Podcast:		KPFA - UpFront
	Episode:		Collapsing insect populations threaten environmental collapse; Plus how the black timber market devastates California’s ecological system
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:59:59
	Publish Date:		2022-09-05 07:00:00
	Description:		7:08 – Insects are often thought of as pests, but they’re faced with a profound environmental collapse. Oliver Milman (@olliemilman), an environment correspondent for the Guardian, joins us to discuss his latest book, The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World. 7:33 – Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon) is a writer and oral historian who served as a National Geographic explorer based in British Columbia when a spike in lumber prices was driving a spike in lumber poaching. We discuss her new book, Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Redwoods. The post Collapsing insect populations threaten environmental collapse; Plus how the black timber market devastates California’s ecological system appeared first on KPFA.
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