Notice Board

6th International Marine Bioinavsions Conference

Portland, Oregon USA August 24-27, 2009. Click here for details

International Conference on Invasive ladybirds

September 6-9 2009 in Englberg, Swiss Alps. Click here for details.

Life+ Call for Proposals

Submission deadline - 15th Sept 2009 Click here for details.

 

World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning (BIOLIEF)

Porto, Portugal 26-30 October 2009. Click here for details

ISSG Conference on Island Invasives: Eradication and Management.

Tamaki campus, University of Auckland, New Zealand. 8th - 12th February 2010. Click here for details

 

EU press release on Policy Options for invasive Species.

Click here for details

US National Invasive Species Management Plan

The plan was adopted August 8, 2008. A copy is available here


 

Non-native Species

Invasive non-native plant and animal species are the second greatest threat to biodiversity worldwide (after habitat destruction). They can negatively impact on native species, cause damage to the environment, the economy, our health and the way we live.

A group of volunteers, including Defra staff, clearing balsam on the River Frome

What happened in Great Britain on International Day for Biodiversity? Hundreds of volunteers were involved in over 40 projects taking action against invasive non-native species, Defra published their Public Attitudes Survey, Natural England published a consultation on their Non-native Species Policy, Plantlife launced their 'against the flow' campaign and the Non-native Species Secretariat launched the new elements of our website (Non-native Species Information Portal, Image Gallery and more ID sheets). Find out more about what happened in the International Day for Biodiversity report, or our interactive map of the day which is still online. Find out about what happened world wide here.


What's new:

EU Environment Council of Ministers give support for a EU Strategy on Invasive Non-native (Alien) Species

Scotland launches consultation on Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill




Non-native Species Information
Portal (Beta version)... click here

Our old Fact File has turned into the new Non-native Species Information Portal! Use this information resource to find out about a selection of non-native species. While in development at the moment, our portal will eventually be the source of distribution data on non-native species, as well as providing profiles for 300 species.

 

 

 

Image Gallery ... click here

Visit our new web gallery containing over 1000 images. The images are freely available for all to use (with the appropriate acknowledgement).

 

 

 

 

 

Identification Sheets... click here

So far 20 identification sheets have been available on our website. 10 more are available from the 22nd May with over 30 more sheets available in the coming month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other useful resources:

 

Download the Invasive Non Natives Species Framework Strategy for Great Britain:

English Version | Welsh Version

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ruddy duck Eradication of ruddy ducks in the UK to protect the white headed duck:

Link to Ruddy duck web pages