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Is It Time for a New Era in Invasive Species Control? (undark.org)

submitted 1 week ago by HalfEarthMedic@slrpnk.net to c/environment@beehaw.org

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Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

Interesting and somewhat compelling. I'm torn between the value of using biological control to reduce the burden of invasive species without chemicals and the fear of runaway unintended consequences.

I guess the current system of tight regulation means I'm on the same page as the regulators:/

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[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best solution to invasive species issues is rarely going to be adding another invasive species. Ecological interactions are phenomenally complicated. The chances of the solution species becoming another invasive species is rather high. Then people start looking for yet another new species to solve that problem. It seems to me that this method just gets you into an Old Lady that Swallowed a Fly situation.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

IIRC, there's a rather long history of exactly this happening in many different cases.