[APWG] NEWS: Invasive species threat growing globally, experts warn
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Jan 22 09:39:27 CST 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/22/invasive-species-threat
Invasive species threat growing globally, experts warn
Threat to native species from alien invaders is growing and posing one of
the greatest threats to wildlife around the world, conservationists say
Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Friday 22 January 2010 11.14 GMT
Hundreds of invasive species - from rats to diseases - are posing one of
the greatest threats to wildlife around the world, conservationists warned
today.
A study of 57 countries coordinated by the Global Invasive Species
programme (pdf) found 542 types of animals and plants were putting native
wildlife at risk in places where they are not naturally found.
See the link above for the full article text.
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