HISC Brown Bag Presentation Series #33 HAWAIʻI BIOSECURITY FRAMEWORK (AKA INAVSIVE SPECIES 101) Presenter: Christy Martin, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species Watch Presentation on YouTube The Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council (HISC) Brown Bag Presentation Series is designed to provide conservation professionals and stakeholders with the latest research, tools, and methods for controlling invasive species in ...
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Join Dr. Zhiqiang Cheng from UH-CTAHR and Esther Riechert from HDOA for a talk on local biological control agents for pest control in Hawaiʻi. Dr. Cheng will discuss his research into biocontrol agents that can target specific pests and provide alternatives to traditional chemical pesticides, while Esther will cover the regulatory framework for biopesticides in Hawaiʻi.
The Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council has recently announced the awardees for the Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month. These awards recognize individuals and organizations that have demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication towards invasive species control and education in Hawaii. The awardees of this year’s Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month are: Uloha, the Outstanding Business Leader, for ...
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New paper – summary of biological control in Hawaii We are excited to announce that our HISC support staff colleague, Leyla Kaufman, is a co-author on a new paper that summarizes insect and weed biological control in Hawaii. The paper highlights recent successes in the state, discusses the perceptions of biocontrol, and emphasizes the importance ...
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2023 Hawaiʻi Legislative Session Update The 2023 legislative session is underway and we are following a number of invasive species related bills as they move through the committees. You can follow along on the HISC Invasive Species Bill Tracking webpage for the full list. HISC coordinated an Invasive Species Info Briefing on January 26th to the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Water & Land and the House Committees on Energy and ...
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The theme for HISAM 23 is “Mythbusters” – addressing misconceptions about invasive species that are often misunderstood. Throughout the month, there will be a variety of in-person volunteer activities, webinars on various topics, awards presented to businesses and individuals who make a difference in addressing invasive species in Hawaiʻi, and much more. Don’t miss out ...
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Thanks to the work of teams at HDOA, DLNR, DOH, UH, and other partners, implementation on 65% of the 147 action items identified in the Hawaiʻi Interagency Biosecurity Plan has begun as of January 2022. This year marks the halfway point for implementation of the plan and we can reflect on our achievements made to ...
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Check out this new video from our partners at the Big Island Invasive Species Committee. First detected in 2016 in South Kona, by 2021 the twolined spittlebug (TLSB) had impacted more than 175,000 acres of ranchland on the west side of Hawai’i Island. In this documentary from Visual Resonance Media, learn more about how Hawai’i ...
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We have known that invasive species cost money to control in addition to the costs associated with impacts to human health, the economy, and environment, but a global cost estimate has alluded us until now. After five years of study, the international research team directed by scientists from the Écologie, Systématique et Évolution (CNRS / ...
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WHAT IS BIOCONTROL? Classical biological control (biocontrol) is the selection and introduction of a natural enemy of an invasive plant or insect pest which suppresses that pest in its home range, and the “reuniting” of this natural enemy with the invasive pest to provide long-term, cost-effective, and sustainable pest management. There are other forms of ...
Read More How Biocontrol Helps Hawaiʻi ~ New Video!