By Trina Leah Mendoza
Dr. Grant Singleton, IRRI principal scientist, was awarded
with the Lifetime Recognition of Excellence during the 5th
International Conference for Rodent Biology and Management (ICRBM) on 25-29
August in Henan, China. This special honor was given to Dr. Singleton in
recognition of his international scientific leadership in rodent biology and
his untiring efforts in promoting the ICRBM around the world.
Dr. Singleton “has made major advances in the management of
rat damage to rice crops in Southeast Asia, and has championed the need for
ecologically based management of pest problems based on good ecological
science.”
He continues advancing ecologically based pest management
through his work at IRRI, particularly in the Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia
with Reduced Environmental Footprint (CORIGAP) Project, where he is currently
the coordinator.
Dr. Singleton presented two papers, reviewing 15 years of
ecologically based rodent management (EBRM), and rodent impacts on food
security in Southeast Asia. He also delivered the concluding remarks of the
conference with Prof. Charles Krebs, world-renowned ecologist.
Other CORIGAP scientists and national partners also presented
papers and posters in the conference. They were Dr. Alex Stuart (CORIGAP
postdoctoral fellow), Dr. Nyo Me Htwe (postdoctoral fellow, Myanmar), Dr.
Sudarmaji and Arlyna Budi Pustika (Indonesian collaborators), and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Phung
(CORIGAP consultant, Vietnam).
Around 165 delegates from 25 countries attended the event,
which convenes every 4 years. The conference was hosted by the International
Society of Zoological Sciences.
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