Invasive species: The spiralling cost

"Invasive species: The spiralling cost of the enemy within", an interesting article by Richard Ingham that addresses the high cost of invasive species worldwide.

Survival without water: A key trait of an aquatic invader to spread

Survival without water: A key trait of an aquatic invader to spread

The Hunt for Invasive Species Slogans - 3rd Edition - Alliteration

The third part in our fun series on invasive species slogans, focusing at alliterative slogans, has been posted up at:

http://illinoisisam.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-hunt-for-invasive-species-slogans.html

Feel free to share with anyone interested.

Also, be sure to check out our first two posts at

Play-off

http://illinoisisam.blogspot.com/2012/06/hunt-for-invasive-species-slogans-1st.html

Rhyming

http://illinoisisam.blogspot.com/2012/07/hunt-for-invasive-species-slogans-2nd.html

Mosquitoes and West Nile virus

Since 1999, more than 30,000 people in the United States have been reported as getting sick with West Nile virus. Infected mosquitoes spread West Nile virus (WNV) that can cause serious, life altering disease.

Below are a few links with updated information about this year's virus.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/index.htm 

http://georgiafaces.caes.uga.edu/index.cfm?public=viewStory&PK_ID=4519

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0004457/

Why the USA is the Invasive Species Compendium’s number one user

Invasive Species are a major problem in the United States of America (USA) as in many other countries, causing significant harm to the environment, the economy, and to animal and human health. The negative impacts of invasives are difficult to calculate in dollars and cents in terms of their environmental damage to biodiversity, ecosystems and ecosystem services. However, in their damage to agriculture, forests and biodiversity, the costs of invasives in the USA are in the billions of dollars per year.

Our National Invasive Species Council coordinates actions among 45 federal agencies that use their laws, regulations, staff and funds to fight invasive species. As of 2012, the agencies spend over US $2 billion per year in these efforts.

When the Council, led by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), collaborated with CABI to prepare an Invasive Species Compendium, we built an international consortium of 29 organizations in 12 countries to develop and finance it.

http://www.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=170&page=4908&dm_i=VZZ,WKMB,4AWXNH,2P4HY,1

Study tracks release of invasive species by science teachers

Study tracks release of invasive species by science teachers
About a quarter of educators said they put plants and animals into the environment once the lesson is over

http://www.registerguard.com/web/updates/28558287-55/teachers-invasive-oregon-species-turtles.html.csp

A Global Compendium of Weeds - Second Edition

Update of Rod Randall, Department of Agriculture of Western Australia (AgWest) book now covering 33,000+ weeds.

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/pw/weed/global-compendium-weeds.pdf