[APWG] NPCC News: E.U. Moves to Combat Invasive Non-Native Species

[Lindsey Riibe]

*Native Plant Conservation Campaign News:* New European Union Regulation
Combats Invasive Non-Native Plants and Animals
August 3, 2016

Today, a new European Union regulation on invasive exotic species takes
effect.  The continent-wide rules
<http://t.ymlp44.com/mebakaejjjeafabqqalaueh/click.php> now make it illegal
to import, keep, breed or grow, transport, sell or use, or release into the
environment without a permit the listed invasive, non-native plant and
animal species.

The 14 plants listed include the American skunk cabbage, which has invaded
Scottish marshes <http://t.ymlp44.com/meharaejjjeadabqqaiaueh/click.php> and
has wiped out all of the native flora at one site in the UK. Curly
waterweed, also on the list, has increased by 41% in 15 years in the UK,
while floating pennywort can spread at a rate of 20cm per day.

Invasive plants and animals have been estimated to cost the United Kingdom
alone at least $2.3 billion/year.

Read the full story in the Guardian UK
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/02/
raccoon-mongoose-and-cabbage-among-invasive-species-banned-
from-uk?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
<http://t.ymlp44.com/mewanaejjjeadabqqapaueh/click.php>

For more information on international native plant initiatives, see the
NPCC's International Plant Conservation Links page
<http://t.ymlp44.com/meqaraejjjeatabqqalaueh/click.php>

*Lst of the EU’s newly banned invasive plant species:*

American skunk cabbage
Asiatic tearthumb
Curly waterweed
Eastern baccharis
Floating pennywort
Floating primrose
Green cambomba
Kudzu vine
Parrot’s feather
Persian hogweed
Water hyacinth
Water primrose (two species)
Whitetop weed


___________________________________
Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.
Native Plant Conservation Campaign <http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/>
415 531 4439
emilyr at plantsocieties.org
*The mission of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign is to promote the
conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration,
research, education, and advocacy.*
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