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Floating pennywort, one of the species to be banned, can grow up to 20cm (8in) per day Five species of invasive non-native aquatic plants are to be banned from sale, the UK government has announced. In the first ban of its kind, officials hope the move will save money and help protect vulnerable habitats. Environment
I’m writing this on the train home, after visiting two places in the north of England celebrated for their “wildness”. One of them is Ennerdale in the Lake District, now officially known as Wild Ennerdale, a valley in which the river has been allowed to move freely once more, and in which native trees are
Tourists bathe at a beach covered in a think layter of green algea in Qingdao, China. Photo: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images The largest algal bloom ever recorded in China has turned the Yellow Sea green and may be related to pollution from agriculture and industry. Officials in the city of Qingdao had used bulldozers to remove 7,335
People who fail to control the growth of Britain’s most invasive and pernicious alien plant species could be issued with anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos), the Home Office has said. The Government has named Japanese knotweed as one of the “non-native” plants which “have the ability to spread and pose serious threats to biodiversity, the economy
One of the slides in my current presentation shows a river frontage in what appears to be a very “natural” setting… However, on closer inspection it is possible to see: Himalayan balsam – along the river edge Japanese Knotweed – along the main bank section Giant Hogweed – in a pocket of open ground Sycamore
Chen pointed with a shaky hand at the small plot of cabbage, spring onions and corn where his friend, Yu Yihong, had been stung to death by giant hornets. “When he got to the hospital, there were still two hornets in his trousers,” said Chen, a farmer who, like many villagers, declined to give his
Land-owners should face jail for blocking action to control invasive species such as parakeets and Japanese knotweed, the body that recommends law reform has proposed. Ruddy ducks, aquatic plant Crassula and zebra mussels are among other non-native species that could lead to owners or occupiers being hit with a new “species control orders” under recommendations
Chen pointed with a shaky hand at the small plot of cabbage, spring onions and corn where his friend, Yu Yihong, had been stung to death by giant hornets. “When he got to the hospital, there were still two hornets in his trousers,” said Chen, a farmer who, like many villagers, declined to give his
