Kenya biodiversity threatened by Cuscuta weed: scientists
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Scientists from a global invasive species organization on Friday warned a parasitic invasive weed known as Cuscuta is threatening the survival of crops and biodiversity in western...
View ArticleSatellite observed water quality changes in the Laurentian Great Lakes due to...
Long time series of ocean and land color satellite data can be used to measure Laurentian Great Lakes water quality parameters including chlorophyll, suspended minerals, harmful algal blooms (HABs),
View ArticleEndemic trees in a tropical biodiversity hotspot imperilled by an invasive tree
Non-native plants invade some tropical forests but there are few long-term studies of these invasions, and the consequences for plant richness and diversity are unclear. Repeated measurements of permanent
View ArticleScientists call for action to tackle the threat of invasive tree species to a...
An invasive Australian tree is now posing a serious threat to a global diversity ‘hotspot’ according to new collaborative research between Landcare Research in New Zealand, the Universities of Cambridge
View ArticleVermicomposting and anaerobic digestion – viable alternative options for...
The management of terrestrial weed is of great concern for the scientific community as these weeds cause adverse effect in different ecosystems like forest, agriculture and urban. The widespread of
View ArticleCoral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota invades the corals of Gulf of Mannar,...
Terpios hoshinota is an encrusting cyanobacteriosponge which grows aggressively over live coral colonies and has been reported to undergo outbreaks which kill corals. In an underwater survey conducted
View ArticleA globally-distributed alien invasive species poses risks to United States...
In the midst of Earth’s sixth mass extinction event, non-native species are a driving factor in many imperiled species’ declines. One of the most widespread and destructive alien invasive
View ArticleSummary for policymakers of the regional assessment of biodiversity and...
The Asia-Pacific regional assessment focuses on the critical importance of nature’s contribution to people and people’s well-being. The assessment aims to assist in the development and implementation of
View ArticleState of the world’s birds 2018
One in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction, but atleast twenty-five bird species have been brought back from the brink of extinction so far this century finds this new study of...
View ArticleFreshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin
The Lake Victoria Basin is internationally recognised for its high freshwater species diversity and endemism, which are of critical importance to local livelihoods and national economies within the basin.
View ArticleGuidelines for invasive species planning and management on islands
‘Invasive species’ (often called pests, weeds and diseases) are plants, animals, disease agents and other organisms taken beyond their natural range by people, deliberately or unintentionally, and which
View ArticleInvasive species plague Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, affecting populations
Alien plants are threatening animals in one of the Kenya's major wildlife reserves, a study has shown. The study found that at least 245 alien species, introduced in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem...
View ArticleDegrees of population-level susceptibility of Australian terrestrial...
Over the last 230 years, the Australian terrestrial mammal fauna has suffered a very high rate of decline and extinction relative to other continents.
View ArticleThe fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera:...
A study was conducted to identify the new invasive pest infesting maize in Gujarat, India. During the survey conducted in the month of September 2018, sweet corn field in the Anklav village of Anand
View ArticleElephant grass threat to Tanzania's Ngorongoro park
Authorities in Ngorongoro Conservation Area are fighting the spread of an invasive elephant grass now spreading to occupy the highlands of the wildlife-rich park. The plant had infested about 40 per
View ArticleWorldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers
Biodiversity of insects is threatened worldwide. Here, we present a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe, and systematically assess the underlying...
View ArticleRing-necked parakeet declared eradicated from Seychelles after 8 years of work
In a boost for the island nation's black parrot population, the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) has confirmed the eradication of the ring-necked parakeet after the invasive species has not been...
View ArticleInvasive foreign plant chokes Nigeria's rivers and dams
The water hyacinth is a foreign weed introduced in the early 1990s to Nigeria. Since then it has spread rapidly to two-thirds of the country's rivers. It has caused immense damage to livelihoods of
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding breeding of exotic cat fish,...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandip Ankush Jadhav & Others Vs Fisheries Department, State of Maharashtra & Others dated 13/08/2019 regarding breeding of exotic cat fish,
View ArticleThe potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive...
Schistosomes infect more than 200 million people worldwide, and globally, over 700 million people are at risk of infection. The snail Biomphalaria straminea, as one of the intermediate hosts of...
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