• Question: how does your work improve the environment?

    Asked by theapo0408 to Michelle, Emmanuel on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by livjones.
    • Photo: Michelle Taylor

      Michelle Taylor answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I spend a lot of time researching insects – insects are amazing, they help to pollinate our crops providing us with food, they are a valuable food source for other species such as birds and sometimes people too, they help to keep soils and freshwater healthy which helps plants grow and fish survive. If we lost our insects we would be in trouble – my research is helping to understand how they live, develop and reproduce so that we can help them keep our natural spaces healthy.

    • Photo: Emmanuel Amabebe

      Emmanuel Amabebe answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      My work does not really have an environmental component to it but we a very conscious of proper waste disposal and management. Intact we receive special training for this purpose.

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