Extreme weather is 'opening the floodgates' to nature invaders, green groups warn

Cecilia Keating
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Giant Hogweed frames a stream | Credit: iStock
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Giant Hogweed frames a stream | Credit: iStock

Campaigners call for an increase in UK biosecurity budget, as experts warn more intense rainfall will drive a 'surge' in invasive species that will damage the economy

Extreme weather in the UK is creating the "perfect conditions" for the spread of damaging invasive non-native species, such as Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, and Giant Hogweed, that threaten human...

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