[APWG] NEWS: Invasive species pose huge threat to ecosystems, UN says

[Olivia Kwong]

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SEAL THE DEAL: Invasive species pose huge threat to ecosystems, UN says

11 November 2009 -- It's no longer than a grain of rice. But the mountain 
pine beetle is an insidious environmental predator, laying waste to 
swathes of forest in north-western Canada and exposing the local ecosystem 
to what could be a devastating new front in the battle against climate 
change.

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