Ecology: challenges of globalisation
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Modern transport, particularly the volume and speed of air transport has facilitated the rapid migration of bacteria and viruses which cause diseases. One of the earliest examples is the infamous plague epidemics or "Black Death" which arrived in Europe along trade routes via the Middle East from the Orient. More recently, virulent strains of influenza and AIDS.
this also brings about A biological invasion of non-native plants spreading into our nations' fields, pastures, forests, wetlands and waterways, natural areas, and right-of-ways.
posted by Sin Hong @ 10:12 PM,
