[APWG] NEWS: Invasive species threat growing globally, experts warn

[Olivia Kwong]

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.

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