Ten new risk assessments were uploaded to the GB Non-native Species Secretariat website today. They are available for comment for a period of three months. Stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the evidence that underpin the risk assessment using this form (RA01 risk assessment comments (Word)) to nnss@apha.gov.uk.
The list of new assessment available includes:
- Acer rufinerve, Snake-bark maple
- Akebia quinate, Chocolate vine
- Amelanchier spicata, Thicket shadbush
- Arundo donax, Giant Cane
- Cipangopaludina chinensis, Chinese mystery snail
- Dikerogammarus bispinosus, An amphipod
- Neogobius melanostomus, Round goby
- Sarracenia purpurea, Purple pitcher plant
- Sinanodonta woodiana, Chinese pond mussel
- Urosalpinx cinerea, Atlantic oyster drill
Economic cost of INNS
Posted: 6 July 2023
New non-native species job: Invasive Species Officer
Posted: 26 June 2023
UK Biological Security Strategy launched
Posted: 13 June 2023
Event: Improving the contribution of invasion science to policy and management
Posted: 31 May 2023
Floating pennywort removal events
Posted: 20 April 2023
Call for manuscripts for special issue of Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Posted: 11 April 2023
New kit for paddlers to help stop the spread
Posted: 11 April 2023
Press release from the BSBI: non-native plants outnumber native plants in Britain and Ireland’s flora
Posted: 8 March 2023
Refreshed GB Strategy published
Posted: 27 February 2023
Welsh Local Action Group Workshop
Posted: 13 February 2023