Category Archives: Invasive Species

Invasive Non-Native Species: BES POSTnote Seminar at Parliament

Fay Collier, this year’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) fellow (awarded by the British Ecological Society), researched and wrote a review for POSTnote on Invasive Non-Native species: their ecological and economic threats. A seminar was held on the … Continue reading

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New Database Shows Extent of Threat to Marine Environment from Non-Native Invasive Species

New research published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment reveals the extent of the threat posted to the marine environment from non-native invasive species. Researchers created a database of invasive species worldwide, examining 329 non- native invasive species and … Continue reading

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Control of Invasive Non-Native Species

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is consulting on proposed revisions to Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and ban on the sale of certain non-native species. Defra has proposals to both add and remove species … Continue reading

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GB Strategy for Invasive Non-Native Species

A draft of the GB Invasive Non-native Species Framework Strategy is out for consultation until 23 May 2007. The draft strategy’s vision is to protect against the adverse consequences of invasive non-native species by increasing awareness, improving co-ordination amongst a … Continue reading

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