Can the growth of cities help to eliminate malaria?
The past century has seen unprecedented growth in cities around the world. Whilst the rise of megacities is a source of concern to some (see Feral cities, BBC Radio 4), according to researchers from the UK and USA, urbanization has been followed by a significant contraction in the extent of malaria throughout endemic countries.
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…
Water a constraint to hotel development
As featured on this blog by Vera Barbosa on Monday, World Water Week is currently highlighting issues in global water resources. To coincide with Water Week, the International Tourism Partnership (ITP) has published a report on water risk issues in key development areas for the hotel industry – Rio de Janeiro, Beijing and Shanghai, India's…
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…
Beach tourism and development killing turtles: WWF India
India has a coastline of more than 8000 km which is rich in biodiversity. Apart from sustaining fishing grounds, India's coastal waters and beaches provide foraging and nesting sites for a variety of marine species, including sea turtles. Five species of sea turtles are known to inhabit Indian coastal waters and islands. But as detailed…
How do you track a bee?
Blog contributed by Bettina Carter, Plant Protection Content Editor, CABI Our honey bees are dying in large numbers, and in an attempt to understand why, scientists at the Natural Resources Institute and Rothamsted have developed an ingenious monitoring system using a technique called harmonic radar entomology. This involves attaching tiny antennae to the bees' backs to…
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…