All posts tagged "Centre for Invasive Species Solutions"

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  Artificial intelligence to help weed out pests

  The development of an artificially intelligent weapon to help in the fight against Australia’s $5 billion weed scourge will receive $1.97 million...

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  Community-led deer monitoring via DeerScan

  A new feature of the popular Centre for Invasive Species Solutions FeralScan digital community surveillance program, DeerScan, has had more than 1,700...

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  CISS takes on exciting new role in the Environment and Community Biosecurity space

  The National Biosecurity Committee through the Environment and Invasives Committee (the NBCs sectoral committee responsible for environmental biosecurity oversight) has recently appointed...

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  Finding the ‘needle in a haystack’ with new portable DNA device

  A new smart-phone sized technology to quickly sequence DNA is being tested by University of Canberra researchers, through the Centre for Invasive...

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  Unseen does not mean clean

  When does clean, really mean clean when it comes to purchasing a second-hand machine?

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  SA Dog Fence project rebuilding hope in state’s pastoral zone

  The $25 million project to repair South Australia’s ailing dog fence and restore pastoralists faith in their future is underway.

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  From knowledge to know-how – motivating landholders to take management action

  Professor Don Hine and Dr Lynette McLeod are currently leading one of our Centre’s key behaviour change projects looking at how we...

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  Four in five wild dogs carry parasitic worms, study finds

  In the most comprehensive investigation to date, Australian scientists have declared that wild dogs in urban areas carry a range of parasites...

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  New biosecurity collective ready for action

  With the number of pest and disease threats that could enter our country rapidly growing, biosecurity champions from across Australia, New Zealand,...

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  Designing Behaviour Change Interventions for Invasive Animal Control: A Practical Guide

  Changing behaviour using effective interventions