Planeta silencioso

"If we lose the insects, everything will collapse", with this forceful statement Dave Goulson warned in a recent interview in The New York Times about the enormous impact that their disappearance would have. The scientist, who has spent more than thirty years researching these animals and the evidence of an alarming drop in their numbers around the world, points out that the great crisis would begin with the lack of food supply for humans. Goulson explores the intrinsic connection between climate change, nature, wildlife, and declining biodiversity; and he analyzes the harmful impact of the excessive use of insecticides and fertilizers for the land and its inhabitants. But he is not limited to just pointing out the problems, but rather proposes several solutions that involve being informed and acting in order to reverse the situation.Silent Planet, which from its title already refers to Rachel Carson's classic, Silent Spring, is a delicious book written by a world authority on biodiversity but also by a great narrator who manages to infect us with his love for these living beings essential for the life as we know it, while calling to halt its decline, save our world and ultimately ourselves.