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Organizations relating to Insects

International Society of Phthirapterists / Salt Lake City UT, USA
Asociación Europea de Coleopterologia / Santiago de Compostela, Spain / Est. 1987
Worldwide Dragonfly Association / Est. 1997
European Association for Bee Research / Bremen, Germany / Est. 2002
International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 1949
International Patient Information Board on Tick-Borne Encephalitis / Vienna, Austria / Est. 2006
Entomological Society of Southern Africa / Hatfield, South Africa / Est. 1937
Butterfly Conservation Europe / Wageningen, Netherlands / Est. 2004
International Odonata Research Institute / Gainesville FL, USA / Est. 1986
Honey Bee Network / Ahmedabad, India / Est. 1989
Bees for Development Trust / Monmouth, UK / Est. 1993
International Entomology Association / Est. 1884
Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterologia / Madrid, Spain / Est. 1972
International Isoptera Society / Ithaca NY, USA
International Network of Odonatological Information / Kidderminster, UK / Est. 1997
Lepidopterists' Society / Edmonton AB, Canada / Est. 1947
International Butterfly Breeders Association / St Petersburg FL, USA / Est. 1998
Lepidoptera Research Foundation / Beverly Hills CA, USA / Est. 1962
International Federation of Butterfly Enthusiasts
International Bee Services / Gistel, Belgium
Grasshopper International / Turnhout, Belgium
FAO World Acaricide Resistance Reference Centre
International Pinguicula Study Group / Martock, UK
Coleopterists Society / Lincoln NE, USA
Bureau permanent interafricain de la tsé-tsé et de la trypanosomiase / Est. 1949
Major Systematic Entomology Facilities Group / Est. 1991
Beenet Asia / Serdang, Malaysia
Young Entomologists' Society / Lansing MI, USA / Est. 1965
International Institute of Entomology / Est. 1909
Butterfly Lovers International / Est. 1975
Association for Applied Acridology International / Laramie WY, USA
African Trypanotolerant Livestock Network
International Silkworm Commission
International Society for Wild Silkmoths / Est. 1988
Global Lyme Alliance / Stamford CT, USA
International Tenebrionoidea Symposium / Est. 2002
International Symposium on Trichoptera / Est. 1974
International Seminar on Apterygota / Est. 1978
International Colloquium on Apterygota
Pan-African Mosquito Control Association / Est. 2009
International Association of Butterfly Exhibitors and Suppliers / Durham NC, USA / Est. 2001
Nordic-Baltic Bee Council
Société d'entomologie africaine / Chênée, Belgium / Est. 1994
Council for International Congresses of Entomology / Est. 1910
Fireflyers International Network / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Est. 2007
African Association of Insect Scientists / Nairobi, Kenya / Est. 1978
Societas Internationalis Odonatologica / Wolnzach, Germany
International Society of Hymenopterists / Est. 1982
Nordic Cooperation Group for Forest Entomology / Helsinki, Finland / Est. 1955
Centre régional de recherche entomologique / Est. 1971

View all profiles (83 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

World Problems relating to Insects

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Non-compliance of computer equipment to Year 2000 transition
Locust plagues
Lyme disease
Infestation by head louse
Thysanoptera as insect pests
Black flies as pests
Orthoptera as insect pests
Crickets as pests
Cockroaches as pests
Screw-worm flies as pests
Blackfly resistance to insecticides
Aedes mosquitoes as vectors of disease
Infestation by body lice
Lepidoptera as insect pests
Spotted fevers
Tick-borne diseases
Tsetse flies as pests
Diseases of beneficial insects
Threatened species of Insecta
Insect vectors of disease
Insect pests of plants
Insect pests
Insecticides as pollutants
Insect vectors of animal diseases
Insect pests of wood

Action Strategies relating to Insects

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Protecting insects
Conserving endangered species of insects
Conserving butterflies
Studying insect pests
Researching insects
Conserving Northern Australian and Trans-Fly savanna ecoregion
Linking scientists studying social insects
Repelling injurious insects
Avoiding insect damage
Studying diseases of beneficial insects
Establishing no-fly zone
Controlling tsetse fly
Undermining insect resistance to insecticides
Killing crop eating insects
Controlling locusts
Destroying introduced species of insect pests
Destroying insect pests of plants
Destroying insect pests
Predicting insect invasions
Protecting against disastrous insect invasions
Controlling insect invasions
Spraying mosquito breeding places
Studying social insects
Eliminating insect breeding places
Studying insect vectors of disease

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