Are we failing on weeds?

Cullen, Ross

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Are we failing on weeds?

Type: Popular Press / News Item

Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/10182/4881

Originally published: 2009-02 by Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand. and available at http://www.eianz.org/publications/cid/70/parent/0/pid/6/t/publications/title/2009

Keywords: weeds; invasive plant species; conservation

Fields of Research: 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity; 140205 Environment and Resource Economics

Abstract:

New Zealand has several systems in place to prevent entry, eradicate, contain, provide surveillance of weeds. The success of those efforts is far less than some of us hope for and the numbers of naturalised weedy plants, and the areas they occupy, are in almost all cases still increasing. Should we care?

Description:

Non-refereed article published in the EIANZ New Zealand divisional newsletter. Also published in the NZ Plant Conservation Network newsletter Trilepidea, 63, February 2009.

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