Invasive Species
Invasive species are controllable through a number of measures that can be used to kill or prevent their spread in the human environment. Some of the mechanisms include manual control. This may involve digging of the sites providing shelter, burning the places the species live like nests, or destruction, removal and picking of the nests by use of hands (Gallardo et al., 2016). Mechanical control is also possible by the use of appropriate machines to destroy the shelter or kill the species. Apart from the two methods, one could still apply chemicals to control the population by destroying their eggs, seeds or seedlings or even kill them.
Despite the rapid reproduction and spread of invasive species, they are still manageable. They could be controlled through such measures as cleaning vehicles and equipment to avoid plants and seeds that are invasive. Another measure that can be taken is reducing soil disturbance during construction and maintenance activities (Lavin, 2016). Establishment of communities for health could also help in reducing and preventing spread of the species. Through these methods, we can be able to handle the invasive species and just because they are many it does not mean they cannot be controlled, there are ways of handling them.
Due to the development in technology and increase in complexity of human undertakings, it is almost impossible to eliminate invasive species off the earth (Baker et al., 2017). However, this does not mean that there is no hope, if the right measures are taken by applying the most suitable mechanisms, it is still possible for us to return the invasive species to their native locations. In these locations, they are free not to be bothered by humans and they can as well not bother them.
References
Baker, C. M., Armsworth, P. R., & Lenhart, S. M. (2017). Handling overheads: optimal multi-method invasive species control. Theoretical Ecology, 10(4), 493-501.
Gallardo, B., Clavero, M., Sánchez, M. I., & Vilà, M. (2016). Global ecological impacts of invasive species in aquatic ecosystems. Global change biology, 22(1), 151-163.
Lavin, M. (2016). Invasive species compendium.