Abstract
Threats to insect diversity vary from habitat loss and invasive alien species to environmental degradation and pollution. Several of the threats are symbiotic, with the cumulative influence of habitat loss and global climate change being the predominant factors. Recent research on insect conservation has elucidated few fundamental principles for conservation and management. There are six rudimental principles that are interrelated and together provide guidelines for conservation management of insects. They are maintaining reserves, quality landscape heterogeneity, reducing contrast between left out patches and disturbed patches outside reserves, landscapes simulating natural conditions and perturbance, and connecting homogeneous patches over large areas.
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Inamke, R.S. et al. (2016). Insect Conservation: A Synthesis of Management Approaches. In: Chakravarthy, A., Sridhara, S. (eds) Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1518-2_18
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