The global‐scale decline of animal biodiversity ('defaunation') represents one of the most
alarming consequences of human impacts on the planet. The quantification of this extinction …

Insect declines are being reported worldwide for flying, ground, and aquatic lineages. Most
reports come from western and northern Europe, where the insect fauna is well-studied and …

Many insect species are under threat from the anthropogenic drivers of global change.
There have been numerous well‐documented examples of insect population declines and …

In recent decades, entomologists have documented alarming declines in occurrence,
taxonomic richness, and geographic range of insects around the world. Additionally, some …

This article reviews the present state of insects, describing their taxonomic position, cost,
and value as well as the threats to their well-being. Insects are an important source of both …

The Earth's entomofauna seems in an ongoing state of collapse. Insect decline could pose a
global risk to key insect-mediated ecosystem functions and services such as soil and …

Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of
human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its non …

Steep insect biomass declines (or 'insectageddon') have been widely reported, 23 despite a
lack of continuously-collected biomass data from replicated long-24 term monitoring sites …

Abstract The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed ecosystem change, human
wellbeing and scientific evidence for sustainable use of biological systems. Despite …

Widespread and significant declines of insect population abundances and biomass are
currently one of the most pressing issues in entomology, ecology and conservation biology …