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Welcome to the GB non-native species secretariat website

First published in 2008 and updated in 2015 the GB Invasive Non-native Species Strategy was developed to meet the challenge posed by invasive non-native species in Great Britain. This website provides tools and information for those working to support the strategy.

Be plant wise and don't dump aquatic plants in the wild

Stop the spread of invasive aquatic species

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Find more biosecurity guidance

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Projects Database

Recording non-native species

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Search for information on a non-native species

First UK record of Asian hornet, more info here

First UK record of Asian hornet, more info here

Carpet Sea-squirt - Didemnum vexillum

Species alerts!

News (archived news)

Asian hornet identified in Gloucestershire
20 September 2016
Ballast Water Convention reaches threshold
08 September 2016
New Marine Pathways Project newsletter available
22 August 2016

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Events (archived events)

Invasive non-native species training session
05 October 2016
Invasive non-native species training session
27 October 2016
Making a difference in invasion biology: improving links between research, policy and practice
15 November 2016
Invasive Weed Conference: Risk, Roots & Research
22 November 2016
Innovation in Plant Biosecurity 2017
15 March 2017
9th International Conference on Urban Pests 2017
09 July 2017
Island Invasives Conference 2017
10 July 2017

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