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Wed 2 May 07
Biodiversity: need for a single voice?

An international consultation is underway to evaluate the potential for establishing an international expert body on biodiversity akin to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. BioNET’s Secretariat participated in the European regional consultation on the proposed "International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB)" in Geneva, 26-28 April 2007. The final report identifies ten needs for an IMoSEB; a possible structure to meet these needs; and goals and guiding principles for a strategy to communicate scientific information on biodiversity.
* See Earth Negotiations Bulletin for a report on the meeting.
* Contribute to the debate via the IMoSEB Website.
* Read the BioNET report on the Africa Regional Consultation.
Wed 2 May 07
Strengthening taxonomic support for the Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN)
Dr. Gilianne Brodie, Regional Coordinator of BioNET-PACINET visited Samoa from 6-16 March to attend a Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) workshop. She also participated as an observer in the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) workshop on updating whale and dolphin action strategy plans for the Pacific Islands. The visit provided PACINET with a firm regional perspective on invasives issues and a much improved understanding of taxonomic issues, needs and priorities relating to both workshops. Several follow up activities on invasives are under way, such as the development of a preliminary list of known and potential marine invasive species in the Pacific Islands.  These activities are being undertaken by PACINET volunteers and in cooperation with regional NGO’s and will include translation of the existing information on these species into Pacific Island languages.


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Wed 2 May 07
New marine invasives advisor
BioNET-PACINET is pleased to announce that Dr Posa Skelton from Samoa has agreed to advise the LOOP Coordinating Committee on taxonomy / marine invasives issues. Dr Skelton did most of his training in the Pacific and currently runs the International Ocean Institute (Australian Branch) based at the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, James Cook University. He strongly believes in the need to train more people in taxonomy (be it classical alpha, para-taxonomy or vernacular) and that PACINET has an important contribution to make. Together with BioNET-PACINET's terrestrial and freshwater invasives advisor - Warea Orapa, a very experienced PNG national - PACINET now can rely on the expertise and know how of two specialists for advise on invasive species management in the Pacific region.
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Wed 2 May 07
Why Taxonomy Matters - new case study examines taxonomy and invasive pest management
Case Study 39, the latest addition to the series, has been contributed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute. It explores the role of taxonomy in controlling invasive rice Black Bugs. After many years of uncontrolled infestation, the highly destructive, sap-feeding rice “Black Bug” was considered to be a major threat to the “rice bowl” of the Philippines, Central Luzon and insecticides were widely used to manage it. However, many attempts at controlling the assumed pests using insecticides failed, challenging the authorities to investigate the problem further. More...
Mon 30 Apr 07
Important new work on neotropical insects
The Colombian Society of Entomology, with support from BioNET-ANDINONET and others, have published a major new work on Hymenoptera of the neotropics. Hymenoptera are one of the largest orders of insects and include ants, bees and wasps.
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