PhD scholarships on offer
Applications are now open for 19 PhD scholarships offered in innovative research projects covering ecology, virology, molecular biology, natural resource modelling, sociology, socio-economics and herbivore fertility control.
More information and available projects can be found [here]
Invasive Animals CRC Extension
It’s full steam ahead with getting Invasive Animals CRC up and running by 1 July 2012. We are working hard finalising the Commonwealth and participants agreements.
An outline of the extension CRC program can be view [here]
EXTENSION BID SUCCESS
Charge your glasses! We have just been advised that our extension bid has been SUCCESSFUL. To secure what is really a fourth term of funding is extraordinary, and a great testament to the importance and value of our work.
It is wonderful to have such a great outcome from all our hard work, and hearty congratulations are in order to all involved.
Carp plague Darling River
The Invasive Animals CRC would love to receive your mobile phone vision of any and all invasive animals. For example, a YouTube of the carp plague in the Darling River during August which the IA CRC issued a news release on which has garnered its own avalanche of media coverage. “Many metric tonnes of carp” all in one place is the comment by the camera operator, so do email contact@invasiveanimals.com with your invasive animals clip.
YouTube Footage
PestSmart now online
PestSmart is a toolkit of information on best practice pest animals management in Australia.
http://www.feral.org.au/pestsmart/
Fox bounties
Bounty systems offer what appears to be a simple solution to pest animal problems by providing financial rewards to reduce pest numbers. However, reviews of past bounty schemes from Australia and around the world show that they are an ineffective form of pest animal control and do not deliver long-term solutions to a widespread pest animal problem.
[ Click here ] for bounty system links.
FeralScan now live
The IA CRC’s FeralScan project is now underway with RabbitScan, CamelScan, FoxScan and MynaScan now live. Anybody can use FeralScan to create a species Management Map for their property or local area.
Any sighting data reported in FeralScan will help to provide a national overview of each species problem.
[ Click here ] to visit the FeralScan website.
2011 Research portfolio summary now available
The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre’s 2011 Research Portfolio Summary is now available to download. The Research Portfolio Summary provides information on the full suite of research activities and includes completed, current and future projects.
[ Click here ] to download the document [pdf 3Mb].
