"We need to stop talking about 'tipping points' in ecosystems” as nature is not as resilient as policy makers would like to think.  That’s according to Ian Donohue Associate Professor in Zoology School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin and he joined us on the show this morning.

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