Insect conservation psychology

摘要: People seek connectedness with nature, as evidenced by 8 billion people per year visiting terrestrial parks alone. Yet the challenge is for to appreciate and care including insects, on which we so crucially depend many services. Current environmental policy often a dichotomy of mutually exclusive opposites: instrumental valuation vs. intrinsic valuation. This unhelpful division can be overcome valuing nature through appreciation spatial extent (local global) relative biological level (gene population species, ecosystem) understanding that human well-being two-way process caring ↔ providing platform us. However, relationships are complex, they insects too. The brain not well equipped deal topics seemingly far away in space time, nebulous. These beget inaction public at large on, example, global change. Neither value despite scientific their importance our well-being. least rising pollination crisis, relate tangible bee food security. To improve insect conservation awareness action, need engage psychology. Citizen science Red Listing playing major roles here, camera, magnifies makes more meaningful Using psychology, better able instill culture personal social responsibility, create political will drive from paper action.