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Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home
This week’s landmark report on the impact of invasive alien species revealed costs to the global economy exceeded US$423 billion (A$654 billion) a year in 2019. Costs have at least quadrupled every decade since 1970 and that trend is set to continue. Prevention is better than a cure. Stopping pests and diseases arriving and establishing in Australia […]
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Tagged Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control, Associate Professor Patrick O'Connor, Biosecurity, Bird flu, conservation, invasive species, pests
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