• Invasive species wreak economic as well as environmental carnage

    Open Forum     |      April 3, 2021

    A new analysis has revealed the stark US$1.28 trillion economic damage caused by the world’s invasive species over the past half century — with a group of global experts warning damage and management costs will soar unless biodiversity agencies can improve prevention and control of biological invasions.

  • New global register aims to curtail the spread of invasive species

    Open Forum     |      March 21, 2019

    There are now several thousand invasive species of plants, mammals, birds, frogs, snakes, fungi and insects around the world. Spread by humans they harm both the natural environment and human productivity, but new efforts to map them might help contain their threat.