In our first [Campfire Talk] episode, Andrei, an ecology student and activist, shares his experience with studying firefly populations in Romania, where the lives of these diminishing groups of insects are especially understudied. You'll find out why they are having trouble surviving our current extractive era and also, what you can do about it, in our first [How to] segment!

Timestamps

00:35 [Campfire Talk]

30:44 [How to] Do citizen science

[Campfire Talk] The decline of firefly populations and the signs of ecological collapse. w/ Andrei

What are some signs that firefly populations are disappearing? From change in land use to the spread of pesticides, a lot of current practices are affecting the lives of firefly species. So much so that we might indeed be the last generation to see some of them.

[How to] Do citizen science: monitor firefly populations in your area! w/ Andrei

You can get to know where your neighbourhood fireflies live. Like our guest said, "you can't protect something [someone] before getting to know it [them] first". So learn how to do it and, when summer approaches, go out and look around.

Resources:

Will we still see fireflies this summer?

Decline of insect populations worldwide

Why the speed of climate change matters

Temperatures rising faster than at any time in the past 400 million years

iNaturalist app

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Hosted & Edited by: Robi & Ani

Sound engineering by: Marius

Montage: Ioni

Theme music: Teo

Graphic artist & illustrator: Mina

Social media: Grc

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