ONLINE BACKGROUND BRIEFING – Wednesday July 14 at 11am AEST online
As the worst mouse plague in decades inundates crops across Victoria, NSW, South Australia and southern Queensland, swarms of locusts are due to hatch in spring, threatening agriculture, parks and gardens in north-west Victoria, eastern South Australia, central NSW and south-west Queensland.
What’s going on? Join three experts to hear about the science behind these plagues. How much will they affect food production and the economy? And what can be done to help fix the problem?
BRIEFING DETAILS:
DATE: Wed July 14, 2010
START TIME: 11am AEST
DURATION: 60 min
VENUE: Online
Follow an audio visual presentation of the full event by clicking here
The briefing discussed:
- how much damage experts expect
- the extent to which plagues threaten our food security, economy and export markets
- new research into control options
- interactions between mice and locusts
SPEAKERS: Bio notes for all speakers (pdf)
- Chris Adriaansen, Director of the Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (locusts) | Chris’s PowerPoint presentation (pdf)| Listen (mp3)
- Associate Prof Greg Sword, the University of Sydney’s Molecular Ecology Lab (locusts) | Greg’s PowerPoint presentation (pdf) | Listen (mp3)
- Dr Mathew Crowther, Lecturer in wildlife management at the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences (mice) | Mathew’s PowerPoint presentation (pdf) | Listen (mp3)
For further information, please contact the AusSMC on 08 7120 8666 or email us.