PNC Story: Guam Losing Battle Against Rhino Beetle
6 April, 2011 - 17:00 — aubreymooreA news story by Clynt Ridgell of the Pacific News Center reports that Guam is losing the battle against the rhino beetle. Click here for more info.
Pacific News Center Article: Regional Invasive Species Council on Island to Develop 5 Year Plan to Combat Pests
5 April, 2011 - 17:00 — Jessica NangautaGuam - The regional invasive species council is meeting on Guam this week. The council is made up of all the various island nations that are a part of the Micronesian Executive Chief's summit. Representatives from the CNMI, the FSM, Palau, the Marshall Islands as well as Guam are meeting. The council is working on a five year strategic plan that deals with preventing invasive or non-native species of animals, bugs and plants from coming into the Micronesian region and preventing invasive species from spreading throughout the region. Department of Agriculture territorial entomologist Dr. Russel Campbell says there has been an increase in invasive species on Guam. "Anytime you have increases in shipments of cargoes or arriving passengers of any kind you see an increase of invasives hitchhiking along or coming on imported products,” said Dr. Campbell. The buildup is expected to increase the incidence of invasive species as well. which is one reason why the council is meeting to develop plans on how to prevent the spread of invasive species.
UOG Cooperative Extension to Host Noni Workshop April 16
Guam - The University of Guam’s Cooperative Extension Service (Communities, Youth, Families, Food and Nutrition Unit) will host another Noni Juice
workshop on April 16.
The workshop will cover:
(1) noni seedling and plantation
(2) making fresh noni juice in your home.
The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to noon April 16 at UOG Agricultural Life Science building, room 127. Lada or noni is a Polynesian medicinal herb, and is listed in the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Traditional healers in the Pacific used noni as a folk remedy to treat a broad range of diseases or as a tonic to improve health. A total 50 seats are available.
Register by calling 735-2062/2029 by April 15.
$5 registration fee covering materials and noni juice sampling will be collected on the workshop day.
Article found here: http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13048:uog-cooperative-extension-to-host-noni-workshop-april-16&catid=56:community-events
Native Fadang Plant on Brink of Extinction
5 April, 2011 - 17:00 — aubreymooreA Pacific News Network story by Clynt Ridgell reports that our endemic cycad, Cycas micronesica, known locally as "fadang" is declining towards extinction. Click here for more info.
Draft Emergency Response Plan for Invasive Species on Guam
21 March, 2011 - 16:37 — aubreymooreGuam's Draft Emergency Response Plan for Invasive Species can be found here.
Guam Represented at National Invasive Species Awareness Week Activities in Washington DC
19 March, 2011 - 06:07 — aubreymooreThe National Invasive Species Council (NISC) hosted activities related to the National Invasive Species Awareness Week, February 28 through March 4, 2011. Guam was well represented with Roland Quitugua giving a presentation on the Micronesia Biosecurity Plan and Diane Vice giving a presentation on the Micronesia Regional Invasive Species Council. PDF versions of these and other presentations can be downloaded from http://www.nisaw.org/2011/presentations.html.
Guam Biosecurity and Invasive Species Activities During April, 2011
11 March, 2011 - 09:23 — aubreymooreApril will be a very busy month for those of us who are interested in invasive species and biosecurity for Guam. Here is a list of planned activities (please click on the read more link to see the entire list):
Regional Invasive Species Council (RISC) Meeting - April 4-8
The main goals of the workshop are to develop a 5-year Strategic Action Plan for RISC; develop an emergency response plan (ERP) for coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) for Yap and Palau; discuss the MBP and work on other RISC business while all the jurisdictions are together.
Brown Treesnake Technical (BTS-TWG) Working Group Meeting - April 12-15
The April 2011 meeting of the Brown Treesnake Technical Working Group (BTS TWG) will consist of two different meeting segments.
The first two days will be a large-group meeting, which is intended for a broader audience that have worked or are interested in brown treesnake (BTS) issues, and will include presentations and discussion updates on the status of a wide range of issues associated with BTS. Besides the BTS TWG members in attendance, this meeting segment will be open to the general public and may include up to eighty persons in attendance.
GuamPDN Article: Help those who are fighting rhino beetle
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
March 9 ,2011
Help those who are fighting rhino beetle
They're fighting on our beaches, fighting in our fields and in our hills, swamps and in our jungles. Bedraggled, underpaid and fighting island invaders hand-to-hand, with little more than dedication and resolve.
Not the Marines, but a small group of young men who do the hard field work in Guam's attempt to stop the spread of and -- we would hope -- eradicate one of the most ferocious invasive species the island has ever seen: the rhinoceros beetle, sometimes called "Hercules beetles" because they're the strongest insect alive. They're really tough.
That's the problem.
GuamPDN Article: Study will help fight invasive species
Study will help fight invasive species
Have you ever come across something unknown while snorkeling? Well, researchers from the University of Guam's Sea Grant program are helping develop state-of-the-art technology that will make identification of marine organisms a breeze -- especially if they don't belong here.
From buffering the constant bombardment of waves hitting our shores, to taking the full effects of storm surge, typhoons and tidal waves, our reefs are our only line of defense against powerful ocean forces that will one day reclaim Guahan. Home to a menagerie of corals and fish bursting with every color of the rainbow, reefs supplement our economy as our main tourist attraction.
