Hornet eradication effort gaining ground

About this episode

The episode discusses the progress in the eradication of the yellow-legged hornet and the challenges that lie ahead.

There's hope we may have won the fight against the yellow-legged hornet, but a crucial phase lies ahead A massive eradication effort to get rid of what could have been a disastrous insect invasion is showing encouraging signs Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• yellow-legged hornet
• insect invasion
• eradication effort

Keywords

• insect invasion
• eradication
• environment

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