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Education and schools
Invasive non-native species are one of the top threats to global biodiversity, cost the economy over £1.7 billion a year, and can even impact on our health and the way we live. Their impacts affect us all, and we can all help to prevent their spread.
Below are free resources designed to educate young people about this issue:
- Our Riverbank. The Medway Valley Countryside Partnership have produced an illustrated book to educate young children about some of the invasive non-native species that are a problem on our riverbanks. Hard copies are also available at a cost of £3, please contact .
- Alien Detectives. This resource from the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is packed full of fun, educational activities to help young people learn about invasive non-native species.
- Invasive species wordsearch.
- Invasive Species Detective game.
- Educational resources for 7-11 year olds developed by Wildscreen.
- Educational resources for 11-14 year olds developed by Wildscreen.
E-learning
Older students can take the non-native species e-learning to learn more about non-native species. Available modules include:
- An introduction to non-native species
- Identification and recording
- Identification of key freshwater plants
- Identification of key freshwater invertebrates
- Identification of key riparian plants
- biosecurity
Identification and recording
Find out more about non-native species using the Non-native Species Information Portal
Find out how to identify more species by downloading Identification Guides
Search the gallery for images of non-native species
Biosecurity
Download a leaflet with guidance on aquatic biosecurity
Visit the Check Clean Dry pages for more information on aquatic biosecurity
