Pedro Cardoso - Böcker

Winner of the 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThis handbook presents a comprehensive overview of insect conservation and provides practical solutions to counteract insect declines, at a time where insects are facing serious threats across the world from habitat destruction to invasive species and climate change.The Routledge Handbook of Insect Conservation consist of six sections, covering all aspects of insect conservation, containing contributions from academics, researchers and practitioners from across the globe. Section I addresses the fundamentals of insect conservation and outlines the reason why insects are important and discusses the greatest drivers of insect decline. The chapters in Section II examine the approaches that can be used for insect conservation globally, such as protected areas and agroecology, while highlighting the importance of insects in the composition and function of ecosystems. The chapters in Section III focus on insect populations in the major biomes around the world, from temperate and tropical forests to savannas and grasslands, with the chapters in Section IV focusing on natural and manmade ecosystems of the world, including mountain, soil, urban, island and agricultural habitats. They discuss the unique pressures and challenges for each biome and ecosystem and offer practical solutions for conserving their insect populations. Section V focuses on the assessment and monitoring of insects for conservation, discussing how we can implement practical monitoring protocols and what options are available. A wide variety of methods and tools are examined, including citizen science, bioindication, the role of taxonomy, drones and eDNA. The book concludes by examining policy and education strategies for insect conservation in Section VI. The chapters discuss key issues around social and policy strategies and conservation legislation for ensuring the long-term protection of insects.This book is essential reading for students and scholars of biodiversity conservation and entomology as well as professionals and policymakers involved in conservation looking for real-world solutions to the threats facing insects across the globe.

This two-volume set LNAI 16121-16122 constitutes the proceedings of the 24th EPIA Conference on Progress in Artificial Intelligence, EPIA 2025, held in Faro, Portugal, during October 1–3, 2025.The 76 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 158 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM); AI for Architecture, Engineering and Conservation (AI4AEC); Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence (KDBI); Generative AI: Foundations and Applications (GenAI); Artificial Intelligence: Theory, Methods, and Applications (AITMA); Ethics and Responsibility in AI (ERAI).Part II: Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Societies (AI4IS); Artificial Intelligence and Law (AIL); Artificial Intelligence and IoT in Agriculture (AIoTA); Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems (AITS); Natural Language Processing, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA); Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments (AmIA); AI and Creativity (AIC); Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems (AIPES); Fuzzy Data Analysis and Applications (FDA).