One of our invasive species in the mainstream media
Picture: ©Muséum de Toulouse/Didier Descouens-2013. CC BY-SA 3.0 Some of the species that are included in our open-access Invasive Species Compendium are well known to the general public, for example Japanese Knotweed. Others are more obscure, and I had never heard of the Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina, until I edited the datasheet about it earlier…
World Water Week 2013
Water is an important resource, which we cannot live without and yet it is also one which is taken for granted, wasted and polluted freely, even though some parts of the world, usually the poorest regions, have very limited access to clean water. To try to highlight the importance of water as a resource and…
India passes controversial new food bill
On Monday August 26th, India's Lower House of Parliament (the Lok Sabha) approved a Food Security Bill that aims to provide subsidised food to two thirds of its population. Continue reading to find out more.
TV segment: Box tree moth population explodes in Jura
CABI's Dr Marc Kenis talks to television station Canal Alpha about the evolving threat of the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in the Swiss Jura region. Dr Kenis will hold a conference in Delemont on September 20th to discuss measures to control this threat. "They have been found in Switzerland since 2007, and in Jura…
CABI Switzerland welcomes Université Populaire
Based in Delémont, part of Canton Jura, CABI Switzerland recently opened its doors to local members of the community as part of the regional Université Populaire. On the visit, Dr Hariet Hinz presented key research and environmental development projects that CABI staff work on each day. Here, local members of the community had the opportunity to see first…
Hepatitis: a case of see no evil hear no evil speak no evil.
What do Pamela Anderson the actor, and Billy Graham the wrestler have in common? A quick search on Wikipedia will show you they both are reported to have had hepatitis C. Pamela got it apparently by sharing a needle for a tattoo, Billy by exposure of blood during competitions. Evel Knievel the dare devil stuntman…
CABI Author Focus – Melissa A. Austin
Welcome to the latest CABI Author Focus. This month Melissa A. Austin tells us how her 20 years of teaching experience has informed the recently published textbook, Genetic Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. Genetic Epidemiology: 20 Years On “Does your new book have 10 or 11 chapters?” a colleague of mine at the University of Washington…
What happens to the waste left after the Glastonbury Festival?
(Photograph by Graeme Robertson for the Guardian.) Summer music festivals are popular as ever, with nearly 900 festivals taking place in the UK alone in 2012 (efestivals), compared with 465 in 2007 - an increase of almost 50% in five years. Whereas before people who stayed in the site for more than a day and therefore camped, would…
CABI joins EU Action against the spread of Ragweed on the continent
In the largest COST Action to date, 34 EU countries have banned together to find a solution to stop Ragweed's spread on the continent. This invasive weed from North America, now one of the most common air-borne allergens in the EU, causes half of all asthma attacks in its regions, and costs the EU economy…
MERS the next pandemic threat?
10 years ago it was SARS, now the new coronavirus worrying pandemic planners is theMERS (Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome) coronavirus, that emerged in Saudi Arabia, last year. The number of cases is gathering momentum and we don’t yet know how it is transmitted or what animal is harbouring it. As Saudi Arabia is the host…