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Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Mar 15, 2018
National Invasive Species Council.
Stories of successes. Report highlights game changing advances in the prevention, eradication, and control of invasive species through investments in science and technology.

Citation: Holland, J.S., J.R. Kirkey, and J.K. Reaser. 2018. Protecting What Matters: Stories of Success. National Invasive Species Council (NISC) Secretariat. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC.

Apr 15, 2020
Australian Invasive Species Council.
A new report has identified an international 'bug superhighway' capable of carrying a large variety of environmentally destructive overseas insects into Australia. The study, led by Monash University, rated the environmental harm being caused by 100 of the worst overseas insect species and recommends a string of actions to keep them out of Australia. The most dominant group of invasive insects by far are the hymenopteran insects – ants, bees and wasps – making them the world's most environmentally harmful invasive insect species.

"Our report found that environmentally harmful bugs, beetles, ants and moths are most likely to hitch a ride into Australia along an international bug superhighway made up of imported plants, nursery material and the timber trade," said report author Professor Melodie McGeoch from Monash University. The report identifies the international trade in cut flowers and foliage as a high-risk pathway for more than 70 of the species studied. Invasive Species Council CEO Andrew Cox said this is the first time Australian and international scientists have comprehensively analysed which invasive insects overseas are doing the most environmental harm and could therefore threaten Australia's natural environment if they breach the nation's borders.