The Present and Future of Insect Biodiversity Conservation in the Neotropics: Policy Gaps and Recommendations.

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 declines are of particular concern in the Neotropics, which holds several of the world's hotspots of insect endemism and diversity. Conservation policies are one way to prevent and mitigate insect declines, yet these policies are usually biased toward vertebrate species.

Insect Cultural Services: How Insects Have Changed Our Lives and How Can We Do Better for Them.

Societies have benefited directly and indirectly from ecosystem services provided by insects for centuries (e.g., pollination by bees and waste recycling by beetles).