Liabilities or Resources? Some Perspectives on Weeds

Chandrasena, Nimal

ISBN 10: 3330033142 / ISBN 13: 9783330033146

Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2019

52 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.12 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 3330033142

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Australians have a strong negative attitude towards weeds, and a tendency to label a large number of potentially useful plant resources as invasive species, which should be controlled at any cost, while ignoring considerable evidence of the use, both Indigenous by Australians and by European settlers of plants, regarded as weeds. This attitude may stem from the adjustments that early settlers had to make, to farm in an environmentally harsh continent. More recently, the application of ‘species-focused’ weed risk assessments- a field well developed in Australia, may have also contributed to the maligning of many plant taxa as ‘invaders’ in the public mind. A large number of recent publications, including government-sponsored reports, have highlighted the losses of agricultural production caused by weeds, and the threats posed by such species to biodiversity. The plants in question are mostly ‘colonisers’, which have the capacity to rapidly occupy human-modified environments. The focus in Australia has been so much on waging a protracted war on weeds that land managers have tended to overlook the potential of using these plants as resources.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dr. Nimal Chandrasena has over 25 years of international experience in managing weeds and vegetation in aquatic and terrestrial situations. Originally from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, he obtained his Ph.D. in Weed Science from University of North Wales, Bangor in 1983. He is currently a Principal Scientist/Consultant at GHD Pty Ltd.

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Titel: Liabilities or Resources? Some Perspectives ...
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New