|
|
Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
Board of Trustees Meeting
October
9, 2007
|
Agenda
Topic: Informational
Items
Presentation by Ivana Dragicevic
and Ana Stefanovic, students from Serbia, University of Novi Sad, Department of
Biology, Center for Biodiversity of the Balkan Peninsula.
Background:
The District invited Ivana Dragicevic and Ana Stefanovic,
students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, to study the District’s wetland
management and applied bio-rational practices to suppress mosquito vector
population and disease transmission in the Coachella Valley.
Both students are engaged at their home
University in a research project titled: “Regulation
of the mosquito abundance (Diptera: Culicidae) within the protected natural habitats (I and II level of protection).”
The training at our District and will give the students an opportunity to
better understand the mechanisms of mosquito production and health risks
associated with natural and wetlands of different designs and different levels
of control measures.
The work with our staff and the
staff from the University of California, Davis and Riverside, with whom we
have research contracts, will provide valuable insight on the importance of surveillance
data and how surveillance is helping to direct control activities with the
purpose of protecting human health in neighboring communities using
environmentally sound and safe biocontrol programs.
.
Staff
Recommendation:
None.
Fiscal
Impact:
None
