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International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery

  • Jeffrey A. Harvey
  • , Robin Heinen
  • , Inge Armbrecht
  • , Yves Basset
  • , James H. Baxter-Gilbert
  • , T. Martijn Bezemer
  • , Monika Böhm
  • , Riccardo Bommarco
  • , Paulo A.V. Borges
  • , Pedro Cardoso
  • , Viola Clausnitzer
  • , Tara Cornelisse
  • , Elizabeth E. Crone
  • , Marcel Dicke
  • , Klaas Douwe B. Dijkstra
  • , Lee Dyer
  • , Jacintha Ellers
  • , Thomas Fartmann
  • , Mathew L. Forister
  • , Michael J. Furlong
  • Andres Garcia-Aguayo, Justin Gerlach, Rieta Gols, Dave Goulson, Jan Christian Habel, Nick M. Haddad, Caspar A. Hallmann, Sérgio Henriques, Marie E. Herberstein, Axel Hochkirch, Alice C. Hughes, Sarina Jepsen, T. Hefin Jones, Bora M. Kaydan, David Kleijn, Alexandra Maria Klein, Tanya Latty, Simon R. Leather, Sara M. Lewis, Bradford C. Lister, John E. Losey, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Craig R. Macadam, James Montoya-Lerma, Christopher D. Nagano, Sophie Ogan, Michael C. Orr, Christina J. Painting, Thai Hong Pham, Simon G. Potts, Aunu Rauf, Tomas L. Roslin, Michael J. Samways, Francisco Sanchez-Bayo, Sim A. Sar, Cheryl B. Schultz, António O. Soares, Anchana Thancharoen, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M. Tylianakis, Kate D.L. Umbers, Louise E.M. Vet, Marcel E. Visser, Ante Vujic, David L. Wagner, Michiel F. WallisDeVries, Catrin Westphal, Thomas E. White, Vicky L. Wilkins, Paul H. Williams, Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, Zeng Rong Zhu, Hans de Kroon
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Universidad del Valle
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Stellenbosch University
  • Zoological Society of London Institute of Zoology
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • University of the Azores
  • University of Helsinki
  • Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • Tufts University
  • Wageningen University & Research
  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Osnabrück University
  • University of Queensland
  • Instituto de Biología
  • IUCN SSC Terrestrial Invertebrate Red List Authority
  • University of Sussex
  • University of Salzburg
  • Michigan State University
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Macquarie University
  • Trier University
  • CAS - Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
  • Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
  • Cardiff University
  • Cukurova University
  • University of Freiburg
  • The University of Sydney
  • Harper Adams University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Cornell University
  • Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • University of Waikato
  • Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
  • University of Reading
  • Institut Pertanian Bogor
  • Department of Environment and Energy
  • National Agricultural Research Institute
  • Washington State University Vancouver
  • Kasetsart University
  • University of Göttingen
  • University of Canterbury
  • University of Novi Sad
  • University of Connecticut
  • Dutch Butterfly Conservation
  • IUCN SSC Mid Atlantic Island Invertebrate Specialist Group
  • The Natural History Museum, London
  • Chrysalis consulting
  • Hangzhou

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Abstract

To the Editor — A growing number of studies are providing evidence that a suite of anthropogenic stressors — habitat loss and fragmentation, pollution, invasive species, climate change and overharvesting — are seriously reducing insect and other invertebrate abundance, diversity and biomass across the biosphere.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)174-176
Number of pages3
JournalNature Ecology and Evolution
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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