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Disponível em: https://www.deviante.com.br/podcasts/scicast-679</p> <p><strong>Imagem de capa:</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-block-group"> <div class="wp-block-group"><hr /></div> </div></div> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Perguntas do Episódio</h3> <p><b>Sugestões de literatura</b><b>:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agrotóxicos e o Colonialismo Químico, de Larissa Mies Bombardi</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/items/8db6e28f-1a81-4534-9cb8-0422c6bee829"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/items/8db6e28f-1a81-4534-9cb8-0422c6bee829</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722477115"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1722477115</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00578.x"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00578.x</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/morte-de-meio-bilhao-de-abelhas-e-consequencia-de-agrotoxicos/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://jornal.usp.br/atualidades/morte-de-meio-bilhao-de-abelhas-e-consequencia-de-agrotoxicos/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://jornal.usp.br/ciencias/ciencias-ambientais/agricultura-brasileira-e-dependente-de-polinizadores-ameacados-de-extincao/</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Sugestões de filmes:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqnv9HDsnQk&amp;t=659s</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Sugestões de vídeos</b><b>:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdqDVn2LPY&amp;t=397s&amp;pp=ygUGYW1hYmlv0gcJCSUKAYcqIYzv"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zdqDVn2LPY&amp;t=397s&amp;pp=ygUGYW1hYmlv0gcJCSUKAYcqIYzv</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.entsoc.org/insect-decline-anthropocene</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Sugestões de links:</b></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">/</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/125442-Halobates"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/125442-Halobates</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2022/relatorio-aponta-importancia-da-polinizacao-para-a-agricultura?utm_source=chatgpt.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/2022/relatorio-aponta-importancia-da-polinizacao-para-a-agricultura?pt.com</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/view/1374/1253/4839"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.livrosabertos.abcd.usp.br/portaldelivrosUSP/catalog/view/1374/1253/4839</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/53883946/mais-de-90-da-polinizacao-do-acai-e-realizada-por-abelhas-da-amazonia"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.embrapa.br/busca-de-noticias/-/noticia/53883946/mais-de-90-da-polinizacao-do-acai-e-realizada-por-abelhas-da-amazonia</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-are-destroying-our-life-support-systems</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.buglife.org.uk/news/bugs-matter-survey-shows-ongoing-decline-in-uk-flying-insects/</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Outras Referências:</b></p> <p><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/insectsoftasmaniaentognatha/</span></p> <p><a href="https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/en/terrestrial-insects-in-decline/</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/18/8/20220219/63187/Insect-decline-in-Brazil-an-appraisal-of-current"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsbl/article/18/8/20220219/63187/Insect-decline-in-Brazil-an-appraisal-of-current</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29045418/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29045418/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://royalsociety.org/-/media/about-us/international/g-science-statements/07072020-global-insect-declines-and-the-potential-erosion-of-vital-ecosystem-services-statement-w-ra.pdf?</span></p> <p><a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/flies-and-mosquitoes-order-diptera</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8396518/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517092112</span></p>