![]() Furthermore, concomitant declines in species richness and abundance of insectivorous birds and insects has been detected in many regions across the world (Ceballos et al., 2017 Leclère et al., 2020 Rosenberg et al., 2019).Ĭritically, these conclusions come from robust datasets (Kunin, 2019), spanning decades of monitoring effort (Hallmann et al., 2020 Macgregor et al., 2019 Roth et al., 2020 Skarbek et al., 2021), and global assessments of taxa-specific datasets (Balfour et al., 2018 Hallmann et al., 2017 Zattara & Aizen, 2021). Global trends in biomonitoring have provided evidence that insects are declining, with reductions in abundance, diversity and biomass (Forister et al., 2019 Hallmann et al., 2017 Harvey et al., 2020 Kawahara et al., 2021 Wagner, Grames, et al., 2021). (3) Some examples of less frequently discussed services invertebrates provide and how we can use these as opportunities to motivate better management in the future. (2) Existing examples of effective responses happening “below” the intergovernmental level. In this article we consider: (1) The proximate factors that have stood in the way of the necessary meaningful change. There are strong economic arguments for an increased recognition that the natural world is both at risk and irreplaceable (Vazquez-Brust & Sarkis, 2012). As the esteemed Greta Thunberg has said, the combined efforts to respond to these declines has equivocated to “a lot of blah, blah, blah” and no effective response. Intergovernmental institutions like the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) ( 2005) and the 2020 Aichi Targets have documented insect biodiversity decline, for decades (Forister et al., 2019). ![]() Frustratingly, it is neither novel nor surprising to state that none of these efforts has actually resulted in reverse biodiversity loss trends or meaningful change in how we are exploiting the planet. The past 30 years of international politics have produced at least 32 reports, reviews and treaties looking to implement biodiversity targets (Buchanan et al., 2020 Johnson et al., 2017 Xu et al., 2021). Taking both existing activity and required future actions, we outline an entomologist's “battle plan” to enormously expand our efforts and become the champions of insect conservation that the natural world needs.ġ INTRODUCTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL (IN)-ACTION ![]() Public values are reflected in political willpower, the progress being made across the world, changing views on insects in the public should initiate a much-needed political sea-change. International political will has consistently acknowledged the existence of biodiversity decline, but apart from a few narrow cases of charismatic megafauna, little meaningful change has been achieved. (3) How to engage the public, governmental organizations and researchers through “insect contributions to people” to better address insect declines. (2) Examples relating to insect decline and contributions insects make to people worldwide, and consequently what we stand to lose. Providing an integrated synthesis for policy teams, conservation NGOs, academic researchers and those interested in public engagement, this article considers: (1) The lack of progress to preserve and protect insects. The benefits we gain from the insect world are broad, yet aversion or phobias of invertebrates are common, and stand firmly in the path of their successful conservation. Humans are innately linked with nature but tend to take it for granted. Several roadmaps to averting biological declines have failed due to various economic and political factors, and so biodiversity loss continues, driven by several interacting human pressures. Despite intergovernmental acknowledgement of the problem, global ecological decline has continued, including declines in insect biodiversity, which has received much media attention in recent years. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed ecosystem change, human wellbeing and scientific evidence for sustainable use of biological systems.
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