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  Workshop on invasive plant biosecurity in the Western Indian Ocean islands

  02/11/2018 Alan Tye

  A regional workshop on invasive plant biosecurity was held from27 to 29 September 2017, at the Tampon campus of the University of Reunion.

  The seminar, which was led by the EpiBio-OI project (CIRAD) in collaboration with the Inva’ZIles project (IUCN) and the IOC-Biodiversity project, both financed by the European Union, enabled the participants to discuss the problem of invasive plants in the SW Indian Ocean and to adopt a common position at a regional level.

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  Invasive Alien Species, a legal framework poorly suited to a complex problem

  13/09/2018 Jaëla Devakarne l Andrew Hobson

  Man has acquired the power to completely transform his environment, disrupting the balance of ecosystems, often irreparably. Man’s introduction of new species into a given area is the second most significant threat to biodiversity, particularly in islands which are more sensitive to environmental disturbances. In Reunion Island, for example, where 30% of original habitats are still present, invasive alien species (IAS) have become the leading cause of biodiversity loss. 

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  Honeybees of the Indian Ocean Islands: a diversity that must be preserved

  10/02/2016 Jaëla Devakarne I Andrew Hobson

  Local honeybees are of major importance for both the economy and the environment. On the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean, apiculture is an important activity, especially in Reunion Island, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The preservation of bees, which are essential for the pollination of plants, requires a better knowledge of their diversity.

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  Active epidemiological surveillance of Bacterial wilt in the Indian Ocean

  10/02/2016 Jaëla Devakarne I Andrew Hobson

  Ralstonia solanacearum is a bacterium responsible for the wilt of a large number of cultivated and wild plants worldwide. Some strains of this bacterium are recognized as a quarantine pest in Europe and potential bioterrorism agent in the US. R. solanacearum can cause the loss of an entire crop and usually leads to the death of the plant.

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  The islands as "model systems" for research in ecology and evolution

  23/05/2016 David Josserond

  Ben Warren, former biologist with the PVBMT Joint Research Unit (CIRAD - University of Reunion Island) and now based at the University of Zurich, recently published in Ecology Letters an article commemorating the 50th anniversary of a fundamental biological study: MacArthur and Wilson’s Theory of Island Biogeography, published in 1963.

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