news in brief
International news in brief – November/December 2014
South Africa: Owls fight rat problem in townships The Township Owl Project takes young birds rescued from perilous situations, such as when a building where they nested in is demolished and trains them in a new role of pest controller. More than 200 owls have been deployed like this over the past decade, according to […]
International news in brief – September/October 2014
UK: Chalara is quietly spreading The Chalara fraxinea surveying season for 2014 arrived in the United Kingdom (UK) with ascospores airborne and the Forestry Commission’s (FC) plant health survey teams looking for and recording outbreaks of the disease. And they are apparently finding many diseased ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) this year and in new places […]
International news in brief – July/August 2014
EU & USA: NPMA & CEPA announce joint initiative The Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA) and the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and are partnering to offer the first Global Summit of Pest Management Services for Public Health and Food Safety which will be held 3-5 June 2015 at the Juan-les-Pins Conference Centre […]
International news in brief – May/June 2014
US: NPMA block proposed changes to termite treatment code Definition of Green Termite Treatment Defeated At the International Code Council (ICC) Hearings in Memphis on Sunday, NPMA prevented a proposed change to the International Green Construction Code (IgCC). The IgCC is a model construction code used in combination with the ICC commercial codes, such as […]
International news in brief – March/April 2014
Panama: Release of GM mosquitoes to combat dengue Thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes are to be released in three communities near Panama City, in an attempt to stop the spread of dengue virus. The engineered mosquitoes carry genes that arrest the vector mosquito’s cycle of development, disrupting the male mosquitoes’ reproductive capability so their offspring […]
International news in brief – January/February 2014
Australia: Border immigration and snakes on a plane The Operational Science Program (OSP) within the Department of Agriculture uses entomologists and plant pathologists across Australia to identify pests and diseases detected by frontline biosecurity officers. A Mandarin rat snake (Euprepiophis mandarinus) was found on a Qantas plane at Sydney Airport. Coming from Asia, exotic reptiles […]
International pest news in brief – November/December 2013 issue
Netherlands: Black sticky trap is an additional tool in fight against Tuta absoluta Koppert is introducing a new black version of the famous Horiver sticky trap. Tests in Spain have shown that a black Horiver captures certainly twice as many Tuta absoluta a very harmful insect pest with a strong preference for tomato. Until now, […]
International pest news in brief – September/October 2013 issue
UK: UAV spotted over Shropshire A flight demonstration of several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has taken place at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University. UAVs, which can be remote controlled or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans, collect large amounts of imagery data and video in a short period of time which has the potential […]
