Today marks six months since the Government announced an ambitious plan to rid New Zealand of pest predators by 2050. The first target of eradicating a pest species by 2025 was only eight years away - and this was likely going to be hard to achieve, he said. What are the barriers or risks to using genetic techniques to control pest populations? Has research so far pinpointed any risks with potential genetic control measures? "So pest control is like cleaning toilets, you just have to keep on doing it.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2017 00:01 UTC