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The costs of invasive species have quadrupled every decade since 1970, according to the UN.

Over 37,000 so-called alien species have been transported due to human activities around the world.

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With major drivers of change set to worsen. increases of invasive alien species and their negative impacts are likely to intensify.

A United Nations report says invasive species are costing the world $423 billion every year to combat. And we are part of the problem.

Non-native species — displaced either by global trade and travel or by climate change — pose “a severe global threat” to local biodiversity, food security as well as public health, a new report has fo...

A United Nations report says invasive species are costing the world $423 billion every year to combat. And we are part of the problem.

  Biological invasions cost the global community an estimated USD$423 billion in 2019, and those costs have quadrupled every decade since 1970. The Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control is a new report released by the ...

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According to a major new report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), more than 37,000 alien species have been introduced by many human activities to regions and biomes around the world.