A historic increase in global trade and mobility is carrying record numbers of animals and plants out of their native home and into vulnerable new habitats. Experts from LIFE-funded projects are meeting in Milan on 29 November to stop invasive alien species from damaging local infrastructure, raising health risks and threatening biodiversity in the EU. Over a thousand alien species living in Europe today, over a thousand are considered invasive. This foreign wildlife can be endearing to the public, but it often proves devastating to the environment, threatening native plants and animals, and causing damages that cost EU economies billions of Euros every year.
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