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Draft environmental assessment released for using modified mosquitoes to save native birds on KauaʻiAnonymous, Big Island NOW, 2023.![]() Today, the draft environmental assessment was made public for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria that is decimating native forest bird populations. The public has 31 days — from June 23 until July 24 — to ... Keywords: bird malaria, conservation, Culex, cytoplasmic incompatibility, genetic biocotrol, Hawaii, incompatible insect technique, wolbachia |
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Draft environmental assessment for use of Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique for the suppression of nonnative southern house mosquito populations on KauaʻiHawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, 2023.![]() The State of Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources hereby transmits the Draft Environmental Assessment and Anticipated Finding of No Significant Impact (DEAEnvironmental Assessment for use of Wolbachia-based Incompatible Insect Technique for the suppression of ... Keywords: bird malaria, conservation, Culex, cytoplasmic incompatibility, genetic biocotrol, Hawaii, incompatible insect technique, wolbachia |
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Mosquito control to save Hawaiian honeycreepers does not involve GMOsDepartment of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, 2022.![]() Despite misinformation circulating on social media, the importation of “incompatible-male” mosquitoes to control populations of wild mosquitoes and to save four native bird species from extinction, does not involve the use of any genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or ... Keywords: bird malaria, conservation, Culex, cytoplasmic incompatibility, genetic biocotrol, Hawaii, incompatible insect technique, wolbachia |

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