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<div style="margin:0px"><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2023989118?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=036ffa0609-briefing-dy-20210114&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-036ffa0609-44375001" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2023989118?utm_source=nature+briefing&utm_campaign=036ffa0609-briefing-dy-20210114&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-036ffa0609-44375001" style="margin:0px;outline:0px">Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences</a><span> </span>has dedicated a large section of the current issue to declines in insect populations. From the introduction: "<span style="margin:0px;font-size:15px">The 11 papers in this collection examine insect decline
from geographic, ecological, sociological, and taxonomic perspectives; evaluate principal threats; delve into how the general public perceives news of insect declines; and offer opinions on actions that can be taken to protect insects." </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2023989118?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=036ffa0609-briefing-dy-20210114&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-036ffa0609-44375001" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2023989118?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=036ffa0609-briefing-dy-20210114&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-036ffa0609-44375001" style="margin:0px">Insect
decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts</a></div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:9pt">Dolores Savignano, Ph.D.</span></div>
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