The film’s Director Torsten flour Tretter has been working for many years on film with endangered species.
this Saturday (21.55) shows the culture channel Arte, his nature documentary, “The great insect die” – you should change the perception of a problem that is so massive, because it recognizes at the first glance.
It comes to insects. To bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and dragonflies, whose populations have been declining for many years continuously. Until 2017 of experts published new studies. For the first time, observations, what have been able to ascertain, scientists already over short time intervals occupied long-term. You will come to a shocking result: In the last 30 years, around 75 per cent of the insects of our planet are gone.
Thematically similar to the nature documentaries such as “More Than Honey” have become part of large amount of media attention at film festivals and brought to it a certain popularity. Flour Tretter in his Film “The great insect die” with no Knowledge: It defines the Problem, describes the consequences, and formulates reasons for and possible solution ways.
part of This is that he brings the audience only once, closer to what insects are important: they Betebet are pollinators, Aasverwerter, plants as well as meat-eaters, and keep this vital cycles of nature to maintain. What happens if the small creatures are suddenly here? Researchers from all over the world, from those in “The great insect die,” the countless and ultimately had the same result, fear that the cycle of life itself, could get shaken.
The biggest Problem: The decline of the species is according to the statement of the film up to the present time irreversible. The process is slow, however, the said 75 per cent lack of the earth forever. Anyone who doubts the flour Tretter returns, even for lay apparent evidence, for example, if a researcher set up in the middle of the night large networks in the forest, using sugar, water, night owls, attracting, and yet hardly any show up.
The reasons for this are quickly listed: fertilizers and pesticides, urban development, and massive decline of green areas. For in front of the camera to be dissected bees and insects, the heart under the microscope examined. And always flour Tretter poet juxtaposes seemingly shots of in the wild images of insects.
The passion for the topic is lovers the this film project involved Insects to view at any time. The more the knowledge, not after the war with the end credits of “The great insect die,” a master plan for a solution to the problem in sight. However, if flour Tretter succeeds with his Film, Creating a sensitivity to the importance of insects for us.
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