Author: kcd

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2020 / Highlighted papers

The invasion continues: Alien species expected to increase by 36% until 2050

Compared to the year 2005, the number of alien species is expected to increase by 36% by the middle of this century. The majority of these newcomers are insects. These are the results of a study by an international team of researchers led by Dr Hanno Seebens of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Germany.

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5 October 2020
2020 / News

IUCN launches new standard for impact classification of alien taxa

On 15th September 2020 at the Neobiota conference, the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa - EICAT for short - was officially launched as a new Standard of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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15 September 2020
Read more about the article New monitoring and reporting framework aims to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species in World Heritage Sites
The Kogelberg Nature Reserve in the Cape Floristic Region World Heritage Site (photo credit Ross Shackleton)
2020 / News

New monitoring and reporting framework aims to reduce the impacts of invasive alien species in World Heritage Sites

World Heritage Sites contain cultural and natural heritage of outstanding value to humanity. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has inscribed 1,121 sites worldwide, of which nine are in South Africa—including four natural sites: the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas; the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park; Vredefort Dome; and Barberton Makhonjwa Mountain Land.

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7 September 2020
Read more about the article All the better to eat you with
The Cape kurper (Sandelia capensis), endemic to rivers of the Western Cape, South Africa, is threatened by the introduced fish species. (Photo credit: Jeremy Shelton)
2020 / News

All the better to eat you with

The morphological traits of invasive largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are more specialised for preying on fish than native species counterparts. This was the finding of a collaborative project involving researchers from the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands and C∙I∙B members from the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB) and Stellenbosch University.

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10 August 2020