Team of international experts call for urgent action against increasing threat from invasive species

While invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, urgent action now is needed to tackle this global issue. This is the critical evaluation by the 88 authors, representing 101 organizations from 47 countries, of “Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable” published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, including lead author Professor Helen Roy from the UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Exeter. While invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, urgent action now is needed to tackle this global issue. This is the critical evaluation by the 88 authors, representing 101 organizations from 47 countries, of “Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable” published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, including lead author Professor Helen Roy from the UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology and the University of Exeter. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories