Episode: Sept 2024
Presenters: Heath McRae, Deputy Director and Operations Manager, Australian Plague Locust Commission.
Summary: Heath discussed the Desert Locust upsurge in Africa in 2019-2022, and whilst there are differences in Desert Locust and Australian Plague Locust biology and behaviour there were also similarities that allowed a cross over of operational techniques used in Australia but not in African which greatly improved operations in the Horn of Africa.
Heath discussed how he worked closely with the aerial and ground support teams in Kenya and Somalia and used his extensive knowledge from over 70 control campaigns attended to build a modern-day lower environmental impact aerial surveillance and control response to the Desert Locust upsurge.
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