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Several species of native bees and insects are faced with extinction in the coming decades, according to several scientific reports. 

Both fauna are key pollinators in the function of ecosystems globally. 

However, we're now facing a "serious, serious problem," says Frank Shadforth, who was raised as an Indigenous hunter-gatherer in the Northern Territory of Australia.

In the last several decades Shadforth has witnessed a lack of flowering native flora and a decline in bird, native bee and wildlife populations in general.

He says the ecosystem is in dire straits due to the decline of the Sugar Bag Bee – a black, fly-sized, sting-less pollinator.

“The trees – they don’t flower anymore, along with the flower on the ground – the grass and bush plants don’t flower anymore,” says Shadforth.

We'll also talk to an expert about the problems facing native bees in North America and the problems ecosystems are faced with a global decline in insects. 

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