This special issue explores the influence that insects and other invertebrates have on ecosystem services and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and makes a case for insect science to promote a sustainability science approach.

Water pollution is one of the serious threats in the society. More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped in the oceans each year.

Ecology plays a central role in the management and conservation of ecosystems.

A good paper to highlight plastic pollution in the marine ecosystem in order to make people aware of a plastic-free, healthy blue ocean in the near future.

Tropical insects are astonishingly diverse and abundant yet receive only marginal scientific attention.

This chapter contributes to SDG 6 and 9 by providing hyperspectral remote sensing techniques to monitor inland water quality.

The new 2030 sustainable development agenda is likely to dominate policy and academic debates at both national and international levels over next 15 years and beyond.

This book chapter advances SDGs 6, 14 and 15 by examining how sustainable materials for environmental remediation are useful tools for helping address goals relating to ecosystem health and pollution control.

China is a key player in global production, consumption, and trade of seafood.

Producing food exerts pressures on the environment. Understanding the location and magnitude of food production is key to reducing the impacts of these pressures on nature and people.