HAPPENINGS

What do we know about the movement, ecology, and management of the invasive Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle? Register for this symposium to learn about recent research developments, management insights, and key prevention and response strategies to help mitigate CRB as it expands its range across the Pacific.

Date: Sept. 11 & 12, 2024, 1-4 p.m. HST
Register here

Speakers:
-Aubrey Moore, Emeritus Professor of Entomology, Univ of Guam
-Roland Quitugua, Univ of Guam Cooperative Extension and Outreach
-Keith Weiser, Hawai’i Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response
-Michael Melzer, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa
-Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Hawaiʻi-Hilo
-Dan Jenkins, Department of Plant & Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa
-Matthew Siderhurst, USDA-ARS Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
-Andie Le Doux, UH-Mānoa, HDOA -Elizabeth Speith, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council
-Arisa Barcinas, Hawai’i Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Response
-Mark Ero, Project Manager, Pacific Community (SPC), Land Resources Division Pacific Awareness & Response to the CRB (PARC) Project
-Tek Tay, CSIRO Health & Biosecurity, Invasive Species & Disease Program
-Ben Hoffman, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Australia
-Julie Lockwood, Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
-Andrea Blas, Climate Change & Invasive Species Regional Research Coordinator, Micronesia Conservation Trust
-Roberto Rodriguez III, Aeronautical Sciences, UH-Hilo
-Chelsea Arnott, Coordinator, Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Council -Christy Martin, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, UH Mānoa

Brought to you by Big Island Invasive Species Committee, CRB Response, Micronesia Conservation Trust, and Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network.