Controlling invasive weeds with insects and fungi

Join Landcare Tasmania for a free info session about biological control for weeds.

Over thirty biocontrol agents, insects and fungi, have been released in Tasmania.

They are used to target weeds such as gorse, thistles, brooms, boneseed and ragwort.

Hear from John Ireson from the University of Tasmania, who has been researching biocontrol for over 35 years.

He will introduce you to the current biocontrol methods available, give an update about their successes, as well as provide an outlook for the future of biocontrol.

Whether you are a farmer, looking after your local patch, or simply concerned about weeds in your local area, this workshop is set to provide some great insights.

The event is part of Landcare Tasmania’s Gorse Biological Control Project, which distributed biological control agents of gorse in the North and North-West of Tasmania.

This has been made possible by generous funding from the JM Roberts Charitable Trust.

Location: Claude Road Hall, 787 Claude Road TAS 7306

Date: 10th of May 2022

Time: 10:00 – 11:30

Admission: Free