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Assault on the Sepik River (PNG) - Salvinia molesta

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

Available Online

From the Archives of the 1980's - Salvinia molesta entered the mighty Sepik River in Papua New Guinea in the 1970's. The communities nearby relied heavily on the Sepik River for communication, transport and food but soon the Salvinia became a menace and clogged water intakes and fouling propellers of outboard motors. However in 1979, the small black weevil which became the perfect candidate for biological control as it fed only on the Salvinia and in 1982 the weevil was released and became the solution for the Salvinia-infested waters.

Caring for climate: a guide to the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol

Climate Change Resilience

Available Online

UNFCCC

Scientific evidence of human interference with the climate first emerged in the international public arena in 1979 at the First World Climate Conference (see timelines). As public awareness of environmental issues continued to increase in the 1980s, governments grew even more concerned about climate issues. In 1988 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 43/53, proposed by the Government of Malta, urging: "... protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind."

Fifth united nations conference on the standardization of geographical names - volume 1. report of the conference

United Nations

Aspects of Population and Socio-Economic Change in the South Pacific

Biodiversity Conservation

Hoefnagel, Eric R.

The cambridge guide to literature in|English

Ousby, Ian. ed.

The oxford companion to twentieth-|century art

Osborne, Harold. ed.

Jane's all the world's aircraft 1987-88

Taylor, John W. R. ed.

Family life and sex education

The penguin dictionary of botany

Blackmore, Stephen.,

Tootill, Elizabeth. eds.

The penguin macquarie dictionary of economics & finance

Tardif, Richard exec. ed. Atkinson, Ann sen. ed.

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