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What can I do?
Plant Wise awareness raising campaign for gardeners and horticulturalists our annual Invasive Species Week campaign links to all awareness raising materials and resources Training Visit our training pages for: free online training modules covering an introduction to non-native species, recording, identification of key species, and biosecurity
North East INNS Regional Group
Workshops & Training – Delivering biosecurity and species identification workshops to support stakeholders and organisations within the partnership. While we may represent different organisations, our collaborative approach is essential to tackling INNS effectively.
Yorkshire Invasive Species Forum
All volunteers are given an initial workshop which educates them on good biosecurity practice (linking into the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat’s ‘ Check, Clean, Dry ’ campaign), INNS identification and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s health and safety policies and processes.
Our partners
Read more on the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership .
Medway Valley Countryside Partnership
In 2024 these events will include biosecurity information. All the invasive plants in the area (with the exception of Balsam) are logged on GPS and detailed ArcGIS maps are produced each year, thus monitoring the reduction of these plants over a long period of time.
Bermuda
This species is on the IUCN list of 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species Pheidole megacephala Big-headed Ant This species is on the IUCN list of 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species Biosecurity In 2017 a biosecurity gap analysis (PDF) was completed.
Help spread the word
Arrange a training session on biosecurity, identification or recording for your team or others. Free online training is available. Share Be Plant Wise materials with a green-fingered friend. Arrange a Check Clean Dry demonstration at a local angling / paddling / sailing club to show how easy it is to keep kit free of invasive species.
Be Plant Wise
Since 2017 a group of water companies have funded a project to improve aquatic biosecurity, including funding the Be Plant Wise campaign since it was relaunched in 2020. Find out more about the Aquatic Biosecurity Partnership .
Stakeholder Forum
(Pete Robertson, Consultant) Orkney native wildlife project (Hannah Read, RSPB Scotland) 20th Non-native Species Stakeholder Forum, 19 June 2024 2024 Programme Proceedings Presentations Update on progress since 2023 Forum (Olaf Booy, GBNNSS) Update on the Non-native Species Inspectorate (Olaf, Booy, GBNNSS) Water companies and the biosecurity
Local Action Group Toolkit
Biosecurity When working or volunteering in the field, there is a risk that you could accidentally spread invasive non-native species and other biosecurity threats, such as diseases, between sites on your clothing, footwear, equipment or vehicle. You can reduce the risk by following a good biosecurity routine.