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Aim: How to choose suitable agents that are safe to use for widespread weeds and seeking permission to introducing new natural enemies.

Aim: Providing an overview on the steps involved in a NENS project development. The first two steps were explored looking at how to determine the feasibility of a NENS work, and surveying weeds.

Aim: To introduce the philosophy behind the biological control of weeds and its effectiveness in the Pacific. What is involved with using natural enemies to control weeds?

PRISMSS hosted the 2nd Battler Lounge session in early December focusing on our Predator Free Pacific programme, rodents and their impact on ecosystem resilience as well as a dedicated session on the Invasive Species Regional Mainstreaming Strategy

Women play an important roles for leading actions to strengthen resilience to disaster and climate-related chocks and stresses, especially at the local level. Such actions create transformational change by challenging existing standards and paradigms

We are a diverse bunch of people in the Pacific region, which spans about one third of the earth's surface and encompasses about half of the global sea surface. Natural enemies can be used to restore natural balance between weeds and the environment

Factsheet for the Invasive species programme management course

The PRISMSS is a regional mechanism, which facilitates the scaling up of invasive species management in the Pacific. It provides management support for on the groud invasive species actions

Biological control of weeds in Vanuatu began in 1935, with the introduction of the tinged Teleonemia scrupulosa to control Lantana camara. To date, nine biological control agents have been intentionally introduced to cont