Keep your friends close and your enemies closer: the use of biological control for the management of invasive aquatic weeds in Belgium. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) is a very competitive and prolific, invasive, perennial weed (producing large numbers of long-lived stem tubers) that are difficult to control. Since its accidental introduction in the early nineteen eighties, yellow nutsedge is becoming more prevalent and an increasing challenge in Flanders. Until 2016, yellow nutsedge was a quarantine organism with a duty to report to the FAVV (Belgium government). Since ...
The continuous stream of invasive agricultural pests and chronic re-emergence of key ones prompt for implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) tools, but often main management methods rely largely on chemical pesticides. However, their widespread use is highlighted as a key threat to human health and wildlife. Much progress made in the conception of IPM tools in the past decade however, despite EU and Chinese policies prompting use ...
Mitigation climate change is an urgent and crucial challenge for a sustainable earth-system. Curbing tropical deforestation, and increasing absorption of carbon by (new) tropical forests is being considered as a relevant mitigation strategy because of the assumption that it can be implemented quickly and more cost-effective than other strategies. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) has become one of the ...
Traditional technology-supported means of human enhancement already existed for a long time. However, over the past years we have been witnessing the rapid development of new technologies significantly advancing human abilities and improving individual human performance through, for instance, ‘smart’ glasses, ‘smart’ drugs, artificial intelligence-enhanced prosthetic limbs, or magnetic fingertips. The potential benefits of these new ...