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The species has wiped out native clams and oysters

A report by nearly 90 scientists has found that species are being transported between countries faster than ever before.

Mango farmer Eufria Nyadome used to earn USD 60 from selling a 20-litre bucket of fresh mangoes and now can barely make USD 20 even though her mango trees are giving a good yield. She is throwing away

A report by nearly 90 scientists has found that species are being transported between countries faster than ever before.

A report by nearly 90 scientists has found that species are being transported between countries faster than ever before.

The severe global threat posed by invasive alien species is underappreciated, underestimated, and often unacknowledged. 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. This conservative estimate is now rising at unprecedented rates. More than 3,500 of these are harmful invasive alien species – seriously threatenin...

In a groundbreaking findings, over 37,000 alien species, comprising India's hyacinth and Lantana, have been introduced by many human activities to regions and biomes around the world, a major new report made public on Monday by the ...

The study, conducted over a four-year period, was done by 86 experts from 49 countries, drawing onover 13,000 references.

The Caribbean false mussel has devastated native clams and oysters in Kerala, India, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The invasive species has also overwhelmed the American brackish water mussel in the region. The report found that invasive alien species are one of the five most important drivers of biodiversity loss, with the global economic cost of such species exceeding $423bn annually. It stated that reduction in food supply is t...

The annual cost of invasive alien species – introduced plants, animals and fungi that have a detrimental effect on native ecosystems – exceeds US$423 billion annually.