Title: Invasive species in eastern Africa : proceedings of a workshop held at ICIPE, July 5-6, 1999 /
Authors: Lyons, Elizabeth E.; Miller, Scott E.; International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Publisher: ICIPE Science Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Pest introduction Africa, Eastern Congresses.; Biological invasions Africa, Eastern Congresses.; Invasive plants Africa, Eastern Congresses.; Nonindigenous pests Africa, Eastern Congresses.
Contents: Alien invasive species : ecology and global response / Jeff Waage -- The national strategy to fight invasive species in Mauritius / Vishnu Tezoo and Yousoof Mungroo -- Invasive species and the national Working for Water programme : linking sustainable development with economic empowerment in South Africa / Christo Marais, Tyl Willems and Karoline Hanks -- Policy and legal dimensions of invasive species / Wilson Songa and Chagema Kedera -- The economics of invasive species : costs, incentives, risk analysis and the role of donors / Victor Kasulo -- Weed invasions tracked with herbarium records / Geoffrey Mungai -- Invasive species of the water environment / Timothy Twongo -- Spread and ecological consequences of the invasion of the stem borer, Chilo patellus, into Africa / William Overholt, Josephine Songa, V. Ofomata and R. Jeske -- Is Maesopsis eminii a problem in East Usambara forests? / A.G. Mugasha, M.A. Mgangamundo and E. Zahabu.