July 30, 2025
Science is global, and this is particularly true for insect science. As one of the globe's most populous and successful life forms, the free movement of insects means they transcend the borders of nations. Progress in insect science is shaped not only by the entomologists who study insects but also by the policies and investments of nations.
The challenges faced by the world today are great and, for many of them, the study of insects opens the way to finding solutions. Through global scientific partnership, we can mitigate disease transmission from global insect pests, minimize the impacts of invasive insects, identify new insect-inspired technologies, and protect and preserve vanishing biodiversity, including important insect pollinators that are vital to providing the food we eat.
As leaders of international entomological communities, we recognize the urgent need for stronger global entomological cooperation: The world's entomological societies have been working together and partnering on projects for many years. Most notably, in 2018 in Vancouver, Canada a global summit was convened to discuss invasive insects and other arthropods. That included a call for greater partnership. This need was again identified in 2023 at the European Congress of Entomology in Crete, Greece and again at the 2024 International Congress of Entomology in Kyoto, Japan, when the Entomological Society of America, Royal Entomological Society, and Hellenic Entomological Society joined the Japanese Entomological Societies to host a meeting of global entomological society leaders. As the world enters a new geopolitical phase, we will build on these activities and forge stronger global partnerships.
With this statement of shared purpose and vision, the 24 undersigned organizations, who represent nearly 22,000 insect scientists from six continents across the world, commit to deepen our collaborative efforts to seek solutions to the world's challenges and support the global entomological community. We urge government leaders to support insect science and we pledge to continue to advocate for global cooperation in insect science.
(This statement is co-published with the Royal Entomological Society. Any insect-science related organization that wishes to support this effort and add its name to this statement may fill out this form. This statement will be updated once, on September 2, 2025.)
- British Entomological and Natural History Society (Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom)
- Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland (London, UK)
- Croatian Entomological Society (Osijek, Croatia)
- Entomological Society in Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Entomological Society of America (Annapolis, MD, USA)
- Entomological Society of America Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association (virtual)
- Entomological Society of Brazil (Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
- Entomological Society of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
- Entomological Society of Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
- Entomological Society of Ghana (Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana)
- Entomological Society of India (New Delhi, India)
- Entomological Society of Southern Africa (Pretoria, South Africa)
- Entomological Society of Zambia (Lusaka, Zambia)
- Flemish Entomological Society (Vrieselhof, Prov. Antwerp, Belgium)
- Hellenic Entomological Society (Athens, Greece)
- Hungarian Entomological Society (Budapest, Hungary)
- Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, The East Africa Natural History Society (Nairobi, Kenya)
- Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- Royal Belgian Entomological Society (Brussels Capital Region, Belgium)
- Royal Entomological Society (St. Albans, UK)
- Society of Southwestern Entomologists (College Station, TX, USA)
- Taiwan Entomological Society (Taipei City, Taiwan)
- The American Entomological Society (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
- The Australian Entomological Society (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia)