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This pages looks at some best practices in conservation and rewilding.
This can be important for not only invasive species (which we generally want to get rid of), but also native species too. Over population of herbivores or carnivores can be a serious problem, as a single species may quickly over eat their own food source (and possibly that of other species) causing trophic cascade and local extinctions.
"Biological control (also called biocontrol) is an environmentally safe and cost-effective control for many situations where you'd prefer to avoid chemical and physical control methods. Biocontrol is the use of one living species, the biocontrol agent, to control an unwanted species, the target.
Weeds are commonly controlled by introducing specialised fungi, insects or mites that inhibit the growth of the target weed, without harming other plants. Biocontrol can't eradicate a pest species, but it can reduce weed populations and slow down their invasive potential." - BioCollect: What is Biocontrol
Even everyday citizens can help with the monumental task for helping to monitor biodiversity, invasive species, and other important data.
Click the Citizen Science button to see a full list of all these topics, or continue down to see apps and databases by region.
BioCollect "is designed for scientists, ecologists, citizen scientists and natural resource managers to collect and manage their biodiversity, ecological and natural resource management (NRM) data. It is hosted by the ALA and is free for public use."