A blockbuster UN report found the global cost of managing invasive species exceeds $600 billion.
Australia has been identified as a hotspot for invasive species by a new UN report which says the fight against the animals costs more than $600 million.
A blockbuster United Nations biodiversity report released last night found there were more than 37,000 invasive species introduced by human activities around the world, of which 3500 were having negative consequences on ecosystems.Credit:The report, by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, which took four years to produce, shows invasive species have infiltrated every corner of the globe, with Australia identified as a particular hotspot.
The report also found that invasive plants are particularly damaging on islands, outnumbering native plants on more than 25 per cent of islands.plants and animals found nowhere else in the world, just after Indonesia. Some other countries, such as Colombia, have a greater number of species overall but, in terms of unique wildlife, Australia is nearly at the top.
“The world is changing at a pace we have never seen before,” he said. “The task for the biosecurity system is increasingly complex and creating new challenges for government and industry. We are facing multiple incursions.” Invasive Species Council conservation and biosecurity analyst Lyall Grieve backed the report’s claim that the Australian government needed to increase its efforts to ensure there were no new extinctions, a promise Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made last year.
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