Greetings: Thank you for the post. I thought you might be interested in this article on the use of a fungal biocide against locust infestations. As the locust swarms are probably directly related to area deforestation, this would be an excellent opportunity to influence political and ecological stability through education and technical assistance.
http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/common/ecg/813_en_FightingDLsafelyE.pdf Best regards, *Shaunna* Shaunna Goldberry Botanist/Conservation Consultant [email protected] On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Aaron T. Dossey <[email protected]>wrote: > Does anyone have a contact where this is happening? I think there might > be a way to preserve these grasshoppers for use to feed the hungry in that > country. This is the research I work on and I may have some methods to > make it possible. > > http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/**world/africa/madagascar-**locusts<http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/africa/madagascar-locusts> > > > Thanks! > ATD of ATB > > > > On 3/28/2013 12:25 PM, Martin Meiss wrote: > >> I wonder if that landscape shown in the video is former rainforest. I saw >> on a nature program recently that Madagascar has lost 80 percent of its >> original forest cover. It's not hard to believe that could have something >> to do with locust population dynamics. >> >> Martin M. Meiss >> >> 2013/3/28 David Inouye <[email protected]> >> >> Here's an example of a current events science news story that I'll use at >>> the beginning of my intro ecology/evolution course next week. >>> Particularly >>> appropriate as we're starting to talk about population growth. I find >>> that >>> students respond well to hearing a few minutes at the start of each >>> lecture >>> about some current science news story, often new since the last lecture, >>> as >>> it helps reinforce the point that what they are learning in this course >>> has >>> applications outside the classroom. >>> >>> http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/****world/africa/madagascar-**<http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/**world/africa/madagascar-**> >>> locusts/index.html<http://www.**cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/** >>> africa/madagascar-locusts/**index.html<http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/africa/madagascar-locusts/index.html> >>> > >>> >>> Some impressive footage of an ongoing locust swarm in Madagascar, with a >>> link to some similar video of the one in Israel and Egypt. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor >>> Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies >>> Dept. of Biology >>> University of Maryland >>> College Park, MD 20742-4415 >>> >>> Rocky Mtn. Biological Laboratory >>> PO Box 519 >>> Crested Butte, CO 81224 >>> >>> [email protected] >>> 301-405-6946 >>> >>> 2013-14 President-elect, Ecological Society of America >>> >> > > -- > Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology > Founder/Owner: All Things Bugs > Capitalizing on Low-Crawling Fruit from Insect-Based Innovation > http://allthingsbugs.com/**about/people/<http://allthingsbugs.com/about/people/> > http://www.facebook.com/**Allthingsbugs<http://www.facebook.com/Allthingsbugs> > 1-352-281-3643 > -- “ We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animals shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other Nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.” Henry Beston, “Written on a wall at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
