Insects constantly provide us with considerable ecosystem services as pollinators, waste exterminators and pest controllers. Scientists estimate that these services provided by pollinators such as wild bees, hoverflies and butterflies amount to 3.8 billion euros in Germany and 577 billion euros worldwide.
However, around 40 per cent of all known insect species are now threatened with extinction.
Nature-friendly management
Together with partners from agriculture, industry, politics and society, our scientists are therefore developing concepts and models to make environmentally friendly and efficient economic activity the standard.