At this time CDF anticipates the possible use of the following herbicides for invasive weed control and reforestation purposes: Clopyralid, Glyphosate, Imazapyr, Sulfometuron methyl, and Triclopyr. New products, formulations and application techniques may provide better control and improved environmental toxicology profiles. The listed products may prove to be ineffective on a specific species....

1 Department of Ecotoxicology, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT) Padappai 601 301, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 Department of Statistics, International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIBAT) Padappai 601 301, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. 3 Director of the Institution International Institute of Biotechnology and Toxicology (IIB...

*Aquaculture Research and Education Centre, University of Liège, Belgium; †Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agronomiques, Centre de recherches océanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT/ISRA), Sénégal, ‡Faculté d’Agronomie et de Médecine Vétérinaire, Université d’Etat d’Haı̈ti, Haı̈ti, ¶Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicology, University of Liège, Belgium and §Laboratory of Functional and ...

Achieving sustainable use of the planet will require a new paradigm regarding the relationship between human society and the environment and a concomitant paradigm on the responsibility of those now living to provide a quality life for their descendants for an indefinite period of time. Both industrial ecology and natural capitalism provide useful guidelines and case histories on how these two ...

During the past 50 years, the human population has more than doubled and global agricultural production has similarly risen. However, the productive arable area has increased by just 10%; thus the increased use of pesticides has been a consequence of the demands of human population growth, and its impact has reached global significance. Although we often know a pesticide's mode of action in the...

In view of the extensive use of foraminifers for the pollution monitoring especially their unmatched utility in deciphering the temporal variation in the type and concentration of pollutants at a given location, the literature dealing with the application of foraminifers for pollution studies has been reviewed. The pollution monitoring through foraminifers started with attribution of peculiar f...