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The new report on alien invasive species doesn’t just concentrate on problems. It also offers solutions.
The results of phytoremediation are remarkable.
In richer countries, the socio-economic impact of invasive species can be tackled through technology or adaptive behaviour. But this isn’t the case in poor countries.
Lake Tana in Ethiopia has been massively affected by the invasive weed, water hyacinth. Control methods are available but there are challenges.
Biological control is the best way to combat aquatic weeds in African water.
Alien species become invasive when their introduction to an ecosystem ends up causing ecological disruption in their new home. Cane toads, rabbits, water hyacinth, and zebra mussels are all infamous examples…
Freshwater mussels, like other freshwater animals, are disappearing at an alarming rate. They are invertebrates, and while invertebrates may account for 95-99% of animal biodiversity, they are scarcely…
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Deputy Director of the Centre for Biological Control at Rhodes University and Biological Control and Freshwater Alien Invasive Species Management, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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Professor of Biomedical Science and Head of Biomedical Environmental Health Research, De Montfort University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Entomology and Biological Control, Rhodes University
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Researcher and core team member Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University
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Titular Professor, University of Fribourg
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Adjunct Research Fellow - Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Researcher, University of California, Irvine
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Lecturer in Parasitology and Evolutionary Biology, University of New England