Preliminary Registration for Participants
Electronic workshop on "Insect Larvae in Organic Waste Recycling and Management"
Date: April/May (to be announced) Organiser: Integrated Biosystems Network of IOBB (Intl Org. on Biotechnology & Bioengineering) Registration: http://segate.sunet.se/archives/et-jizo.html or Email [log in to unmask] and use the subscription command: SUB ET-JIZO yourfirstname yourlastname, country
Summary:
WANTED: An organism(s) that can consume all types of bio-organic wastes, do the job very quickly, convert all wastes into useful by-products. It should be able to work independently.
ARE THERE SUCH ORGANISMS ?. Yes, certain larvae of Insects that can consume as much as 15 kg of organic wastes per m2 per day, do a neat clean-up job quickly and achieve zero waste. Who can they be, how do they do it, how can I get them to work for me ?
This electronic workshop is organised by the Integrated Biosystems Network (IBSnet) and will enable you to join a group of experts and practitioners to discuss how zero waste can be achieved in organic waste recycling, how to grow and manage these larvae, what are the risks we need to consider, what and how to use the by-products, etc.. The goal of this e-workshop is to increase public awareness and to form a sub-group under the IBSnet; in order to popularise the approach for organic waste recycling, to convince policy makers and encourage agencies and individuals to fund R&D projects globally, and to apply, adapt and further develop technology to suit local needs.
The following experts will provide materials for discussion by email : (1) Paul Olivier (USA). The Bio-Conversion of Putrescent Waste (2) Lylian Rodriguez, Siv Kong & Thomas R Preston (Cambodia). Insect larvae as recycling agents: an alternative for the conversion of organic wastes into high quality protein (3) Craig Sheppard (USA). Black Soldier Fly and Others for Value-Added Manure Management (4) Tran Tan Viet (Vietnam). Mass Production of Insect larvae (5) Kevin Warburton & Vivienne Hallman (Australia). Processing of organic materials by the soldier fly, Hermetia illicens
More information to be provided via the ET-JIZO mailing list.
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Jacky Foo, Coordinator Integrated Biosystems Network International Organization on Biotechnology and Bioengineering http://www.ias.unu.edu/proceedings/icibs/ibs/ibsnet
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