In recent years, we've all become more familiar with the idea of invasive species.Plants and animals as varied as giant hogweed, the mink and oak processionary moths regularly make headlines because of the health, environmental and economic problems they cause. Invasive deer contribute to more than 74, 000 traffic accidents in the UK every year, while Japanese knotweed added £70m to the bill for staging the London Olympics, and could soon stop you getting a mortgage on your house.These invasive species destroy crops and forestry, dump silt into rivers, sabotage drains and electrical infrastructure, cut off access to beautiful places, and drive native rare and iconic species to extinction.And they cost us all a lot of money – at least £1.8bn to the UK economy each year.How can you help stop this expensive, dangerous (and ultimately boring) slide towards global blandification?Read this book and then roll up your sleeves!• Over 40 different species featured• List of actions you can take• Useful contact list for those getting involved
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Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing
And how to tackle other INVASIVE NON-NATIVE SPECIES
- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Useful links & legal stuff
- What are invasive non-native species?
- How to use this book
- American skunk cabbage
- Himalayan balsam
- Giant hogweed
- Japanese knotweed
- Pontic rhododendron
- Ragweed
- Spanish bluebell
- Tree-of-heaven
- Asian hornet
- Asian tiger mosquito
- Asian & Citrus longhorn beetles
- Harlequin ladybird
- New Zealand flatworm
- Oak processionary moth
- Red lily beetle
- Spanish slug
- American mink
- Brown rat
- Canada goose
- Grey squirrel
- Muntjac deer
- Rabbit
- Ring-necked & Monk parakeets
- Sika deer
- Australian swamp stonecrop (New Zealand pigmyweed)
- Curly-leaved waterweed
- Floating pennywort
- Parrot’s feather
- Water fern
- Water primrose
- American bullfrog
- American signal crayfish
- Bloody-red mysid
- Carpet sea squirt
- Chinese mitten crab
- Freshwater shrimp
- Ponto-Caspian shrimp
- Quagga mussel
- Zebra mussel
- Invasive parasites & pathogens
- Volunteering: how can I help?
- Health & safety
- Check-Clean-Dry advice
- Be Plant Wise & Be Pet Wise
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also published by Merlin Unwin Books
- Copyright
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