Why counting insects could save our future?

🌿 Measuring the world ... through insects! 🌍

In a misty forest, away from prying eyes, thousands of insects fall into a discreet trap each week.

Not to be collected. Not to be studied individually.

But to answer a much bigger question:

What if these insects told us something about the state of the world?

🐜 The invisible heroes of ecosystems

Arthropods provide essential services that we almost never see: pollination, decomposition, species regulation…

They are the silent foundations of our ecosystems.

In scientific classificationCICES (Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services), these functions have a name: ecosystemservicesessential to our survival.

Without them, systems collapse. Slowly. Invisibly.

📊 Counting is understanding (and anticipating)

Counting insects is not just about making statistics.

It is usingbioindicators: living organisms that respond quickly to environmental changes.

In other words, they detect disturbancesbefore we do..

Ecological monitoring then becomes a form ofinsurance :

a way to anticipate crises rather than suffer them.

🏝️ The islands: sentinels of the future

Island ecosystems are isolated, sensitive, and reactive.

What happens there today can herald what will happen elsewhere tomorrow.

In these natural laboratories, every variation matters.

Every piece of data becomes a signal.

⏳ 10 years of data, a reality taking shape

Behind every sample, there is a time series.

Years of monitoring. Of patience. Of accumulation.

And gradually, a picture emerges.

Not always the one we expect.

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09:12 - Measuring to avoid suffering