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Japanese Knotweed is such a big problem in Carmarthenshire that Welsh Government help is needed to tackle it, council chiefs have said. The weed is beginning to have an economic as well as an environmental impact, according to a report prepared for Carmarthenshire Council’s executive board. In the report, Phil Snaith, chairman of a group
An Anglesey partnership is succeeding in its efforts to stop an invasive plant damaging Welsh wildlife. The non native Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) has already spread to many Anglesey river banks and can often be seen standing up to two metres tall, displaying prominent pink flowers. It is an annual plant that rapidly spreads along
A project to stop rare wildlife being destroyed by invasive plant species has been launched in Dorset. Dorset Wildlife Trust has been given £850,000 for its Portland in Peril scheme to tackle the spread of species such as cotoneaster and giant buddleja. The plants crowd out habitat used by butterflies like the common blue, adonis
It’s that time of year again…. The gyms are full, everyone has bought a pair of new trainers and people are cutting their alcohol intake… how long will these New Year’s resolution’s last… I’ll give them 2 weeks! How about a resolution we can all keep… Help the United Kingdom get rid of its Japanese
Northland biosecurity experts have asked the Environmental Protection Authority for permission to import and release two species of host-specific fungi to tackle one of the world’s most invasive weeds. Lantana camara is a serious problem in Northland, where it forms dense thickets that invade a wide variety of areas from native and exotic forests to
A LEIGH environmental campaigner is calling on the Government to take action to tackle dangerous plants found in the borough. Peter Bowdler says landowners should be forced to remove giant hogweed, which can cause severe blisters, scarring or even blindness. He is calling on environment chiefs to add the danger weed to a list of
From green parakeets to grey squirrels, and tree fungi to water weeds, invasive non-native species are driving many British plants and animals to the brink of extinction ‘Grey squirrels are loved and detested in equal measure’: the species has caused the extinction of red squirrels across much of Britain. There is a war going on
Alien species are attacking crops and causing billions of dollars worth of damage to the economy even though detection rates have increased fourfold since 2002. There were more than 320,000 detections of 3,400 harmful species at entry ports in the first nine months of last year. “As China’s global interaction grows, through trade and travel,
JKSL are always looking for new ways to improve our treatment techniques. Over the last few years we have been adapting our ‘plugging technique’ which is used on a range of non-native species in particular Japanese Knotweed. In layman’s terms this involves injecting herbicides directly into the crowns and rhizomes of the plants structure rather
The invasive plant had become a threat to the island’s wildlife A raffle is being held to cut down the last rhododendron plant on the Brownsea Island nature reserve in Poole Harbour. One person will get to chop down the invasive plant which volunteers have spent the last 50 years destroying. Abby Gibbs, Dorset Wildlife
