The world is facing an incoming global protein shortage due to existing malnutrition and
further rapid increases in population size. It will however be difficult to greatly expand …

Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining at local and global
scales, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem services that insects provide. Insect …

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

As part of ecosystem services, cultural ecosystem services (CES) have important
implications for human well-being and social development. Investigating the alignment …

Insects provide key ecosystem services for our sustainable future, which rely upon effective
conservation policies to protect insect biodiversity. To date, however, we still do not know …

Simple Summary This paper provides an overview of the key issues concerning the role of
edible insects in sustainable feed production and environmentally friendly agriculture. The …

Simple Summary We successfully reared the frugivorous fruit fly pest, Anastrepha ludens, in
cost-free fruit waste (orange bagasse), which produced individuals with lower body …

Neuroptera, the group of lacewings, is well known to have been more diverse in the past,
offering to study patterns of biodiversity loss over time. This loss of diversity has been …

With the far-reaching consequences of worldwide climate variationon ecosystems and
human societies, understanding and predicting changes in cultural ecosystem services …

It is estimated that the tropical and south temperate regions harbour approximately 85% of
the total entomofauna, and Brazil, which is the largest country in the Neotropical region …