Insect Conservation: Past, Present and Prospects

✍ Scribed by Tim R. New (auth.), Tim R. New (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 431
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The history of interest and practice in insect conservation is summarised and traced through contributions from many of the leaders in the discipline, to provide the first broad global account of how insects have become incorporated into considerations of conservation. The essays collectively cover the genesis and development of insect conservation, emphasising its strong foundation within the northern temperate regions and the contrasts with much of the rest of the world. Major present-day scenarios are discussed, together with possible developments and priorities in insect conservation for the future.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction to Insect Conservation, an Emerging Discipline....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Insect Conservation in the United Kingdom – The Role of the Joint Committee for the Conservation of British Insects and Invertebrate Link (JCCBI)....Pages 21-40
A History of Invertebrate Conservation in the British Statutory Conservation Agencies....Pages 41-74
The Development of Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust....Pages 75-105
Insect Conservation in the United Kingdom – The Amateur Entomologists’ Society....Pages 107-131
Butterfly Conservation: The Development of a Pioneering Charity....Pages 133-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
The Origins and History of Insect Conservation in the United States....Pages 157-170
Insect Conservation and the Endangered Species Act: A History....Pages 171-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Insect Conservation in Australia....Pages 193-212
Insect Conservation in New Zealand: An Historical Perspective....Pages 213-243
Development and Future of Insect Conservation in South Africa....Pages 245-278
Lepidopterology in Southern Africa: Past, Present and Future....Pages 279-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Insect Conservation Developments in Central Europe....Pages 303-315
Development and Future of Conservation Policy Initiatives for Insects and Other Invertebrates in Europe....Pages 317-337
Development and Future of Insect Conservation in Japan....Pages 339-357
Development of Insect Conservation in Hawai‘i....Pages 359-376
Insect Conservation Biology: What Can We Learn from Ornithology and Birding?....Pages 377-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Where to Next? The Future of Insect Conservation....Pages 403-417
Developing Insect Conservation: Concluding Thoughts....Pages 419-425
Back Matter....Pages 427-435

✦ Subjects

Conservation Biology/Ecology; Entomology; History of Science; Applied Ecology