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Achyut Banerjee ipbes 👀Fascinating the range of intervention techniques for invasive alien species. Some of the lesser known ones: using fungi against invasive insects, sterile insect technique, RNA interference, genetic control & viral biological control...

Achyut Banerjee ipbes Audience members ask - Don't examples like cane toad, mynahs & mongooses, which were introduced around the world to target pests but ultimately wrecked havoc themselves, suggest that we should be wary of biocontrol? #IFIB2025

Achyut Banerjee ipbes KVS & Puja Ray agree that this is n imp question but point out that these happened decades back. These days, the level of risk analysis and testing experts do is HIGH. Sometimes this may take 15 years before they prescribe a particular biocontrol approach.

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Achyut Banerjee ipbes Current PCCF (Madhya Pradesh) Aseem Shrivastava is here to offer the local perspectives. A striking image of sambar deer engulfed by parthenium & an elephant hidden by lantana🥹

Achyut Banerjee ipbes 🦋Shocking visuals of the spread of the top 3 invasive plants in Madhya Pradesh. Aseem Shrivastava also opens up about having to confront the fact that these species are devastating for the ecology, despite being attractive to his fave insect group - butterflies. #IFIB2025

Achyut Banerjee ipbes 🔥After discussing various case studies from the region, he talks about exploring and carefully experimenting with cost-effective nature-based solutions such as controlled fires and herbivore exclusion. #IFIB2025

Achyut Banerjee ipbes 🪵So what do we do with all the eradicated lantana, prosopis biomass? Aseem Shrivastava mentions how ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology has been using these to develop products such as particle boards, acoustic panels, wood polymer composites, reconstituted wood, etc.

Achyut Banerjee ipbes ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology 👥Lively & incisive audience debates on the need for making data open access (esp for scientists), categorising a species as 'alien', getting permissions from officials to study controlled fires, etc. "Without science, we cannot move forward" - Aseem Shrivastava #IFIB2025

Ankila Hiremath from ATREE adds in a new dimension to the discussions so far - impacts not just on biodiversity but also on ecosystem services & human wellbeing. #IFIB2025

ATREE Ankila Hiremath has been visiting BR Hills, Karnataka, since the 1990s and she has seen the change firsthand. This data depicting the spread of lantana in BR Hills, Karnataka, really brings home the scale of the problem #IFIB2025

ATREE 🐗"Lantana takeover has made the forest a more dangerous space for dependent communities - there is a higher chance encounters of wildlife now, so ppl cannot access to sacred groves, younger generations dont venture as much, traditional knowledge being lost..."

ATREE P. juliflora was intro’d to Banni, Kutch, in 1961 to check soil salinity but it rapidly took over 50% of the grasslands. Today it has a complicated r’ship with local communities. Sahana Ghosh wrote for Mongabay India about Ankila Hiremath’s work here: india.mongabay.com/2021/08/large-…

ATREE Sahana Ghosh Mongabay India How were grasslands successfully restored in Manas Wildlife Sanctuary? Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar traces the journey of Aaranyak in controlling the invasion of plants. Manual uprooting of Chromolaena, girdling of Bombax ceiba, working with local villagers & building partnerships. #ifib2025

ATREE Sahana Ghosh Mongabay India Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar Aaranyak The first of the ⚡️talks is almost complete. Young researchers from Tezpur University RFRI Jorhat University of Delhi speak about the impact of IAS on soil, impact of canopy density on IAS spread, and influence of elevation gradients. Anzar A. Khuroo انظار احمد کھورو and other experts offer then feedback.

ATREE Sahana Ghosh Mongabay India Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar Aaranyak Tezpur University RFRI Jorhat University of Delhi Anzar A. Khuroo انظار احمد کھورو KV Sankaran’s tip to the new generations of invasion biologists - You are young, don’t limit yourselves to old questions, ask new questions! #ifib2025

We are inviting applications for #biology group academic associates at ⁦Azim Premji University⁩ #Bhopal. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/academic-…

Gearing up to give a talk India #EMBO satellite meeting on #CircadianClocks tomorrow JNCASR Bangalore looking forward to meeting old colleagues & new Thanks to the organisers for this opportunity - sheeba vasu Shaon Chakrabarti

Rethinking science and mathematics pedagogy in Indian higher education: currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/128/09… Check out this new publication from Azim Premji University science faculty members. Divya Sravanti Shashwat DC Harini Nagendra Biology@Azim Premji University Nandita J Current Science Kripa Gowrishankar Sudheesh Venkatesh

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