All posts tagged "pests"

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  News and Views

  From knowledge to know-how – motivating landholders to take management action

  Professor Don Hine and Dr Lynette McLeod are currently leading one of our Centre’s key behaviour change projects looking at how we...

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  226

  Technology

  Wild Dog Alert prototype sends first text alerts

  The Wild Dog Alert ‘SMS 4G camera trap system’ has been turned on for testing, and in its first night has identified...

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  News and Views

  $16.9 million for smart fruit fly management

  Australian fruit and vegetable growers will be given a new edge in the fight against fruit fly, with new high-tech systems giving...

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  Research

  Australia’s largest research collaboration established to tackle feral deer

  To tackle the escalating threat of feral deer, the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has brought together five state and territory governments,...

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  Science

  New start-up sets sights on fruit fly

  The Government is helping Australian farmers through a new tech start-up taking aim at Australia’s biggest biosecurity barrier to trade: the fruit...

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  Science

  The big picture of how Australia protects itself from plant pests and diseases

  The latest go-to guide to how Australia protects itself against exotic plant pests and diseases reveals the tremendous effort being made across...

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  Research

  Virus combo gets jump on feral rabbits

  The combined release of two common biological control agents in Australia has given farmers and landowners an advantage in the fight against...

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  Research

  Goldfish could use estuaries to spread between rivers

  Goldfish invaders have been discovered in Australian estuaries, meaning they can tolerate salty water and can potentially use it to move between...

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  Science

  Eradicating exotic pests with ‘infertility genes’ may be possible

  University of Adelaide researchers have shown that it may be possible to eradicate populations of invasive pest animals through the inheritance of...

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  Technology

  Keeping pests at bay the hi-tech way

  With pest animals estimated to cost the Australian economy up to $1 billion a year, CSIRO scientists have developed a humane new...