[OGD] Invasive Non natives

2006-08-31 Thread Alan W Stephenson
It matters little whether the introduced species is flora or fauna as the cost to Australia from these invasive non-native species is $3.3B per year and those figures are from 1997. This of course is only a monetary cost, the real cost is loss of native flora and fauna. Currently in New

Re: [OGD] Invasive non-natives

2006-08-30 Thread DennisWestler
In a message dated 8/30/06 3:03:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Andy Easton writes: "At the recent ASHS Summer meetings all the talk was about that the US is looking to follow the lead of two stupid countries, Australia and New Zealand, who currently operate a most restrictive control system for the