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VILNIUS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Lithuania has proposed adding the American mink and the sika deer to the European Union's (EU's) list of invasive species, Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday.
WINDHOEK, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Biodiversity policymakers, scientists, and practitioners from seven East and Southern African countries convened in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, on Tuesday for a three-day regional trialogue focused on combating invasive alien species (IAS) and promoting the sustainable use of wildlife.
When found in urban and rural rivers, invasive fish species cause headaches for regulators and conservationists as they disrupt the delicate ecosystem in the area.
THE Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) has come under fire for purportedly releasing Sutchi catfish, locally known as ikan patin asing, at Tasik Bandaraya Shah Alam during a recent programme to launch a fishing competition there.
DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's Zanzibar authorities launched a fresh campaign on Friday to eliminate house crows, an invasive species that has caused significant damage to crops, small livestock, and the local economy.
A PROJECT under the National Conservation Trust Fund (NCTF) at the Kinabalu Park World Heritage Site is progressing according to plan.
PARIT: The Perak Fisheries Department has identified several fish species in Sungai Perak, Bukit Merah Lake, and Temenggor Lake as being threatened with extinction.
OVER one tonne of pleco or suckermouth catfish, locally known as ikan bandaraya, was caught in Sungai Damansara in Subang, Selangor, within two hours.
Grant funds training for island youth to protect marine habitat.
PETALING JAYA: Organisers of a fishing programme who released the Chao Praya catfish for a fishing competition in Tasik Biru, Selangor have pledged to rectify their actions through various measures, says the Selangor Fisheries Department.
Researchers working in the Mekong region in South-East Asia discovered more than 230 as yet unrecorded vertebrate and plant species over the past year, according to a new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
DAR ES SALAAM, May 28 (Xinhua) -- More than 7,000 hectares of grazing land have been raided by invasive species in Monduli, Longido and Ngorongoro districts in Arusha Region in northern Tanzania, officials said on Sunday.
SINGAPORE: Amid the rocks, water and greenery at Lower Seletar Reservoir, the blobs of pink stood out.
SEREMBAN: Only two local fish species have been found in Sungai Mambau here, with the rest being foreign species such as suckermouth catfish and black tilapia. This discovery was made during a two-day mission to control foreign fish species, which concluded on Sunday (Oct 13).
KOTA KINABALU: Invasive plant species are threatening the endemic flora along Mount Kinabalu heritage site routes.
KOTA KINABALU: About 106kg of false dandelions, which is known as an invasive species, have been destroyed in a move to weed out such plants along Mount Kinabalu’s heritage site routes.
SINGAPORE: People keen on keeping terrapins as pets need to realise that the animals are not easy to care for, said a Singapore animal welfare group.
FISHING enthusiasts can now fish for a good cause as the Selangor government will pay RM1 for every kilogramme of suckermouth catfish, locally known as "ikan bandaraya", that is caught.
BANGKOK:Thailand has netted more than 1.3 million kilograms of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said Tuesday (Sept 3), as it battles to stamp out the invasive species.
ROME, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Fire ants, one of the world's most aggressive invasive species, have recently appeared on the southern Italian island of Sicily. At least 88 nests have been discovered near the city of Syracuse. These pests can kill small livestock, overwhelm crops, and can cause illness and even death in people.
