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October 12, 2016

Invasive insects cost the world billions per year
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 12, 2016
Ecologists have estimated that invasive (non-native) insects cost humanity tens of billions of dollars a year - and are likely to increase under climate change and growing international trade. Researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia and CNRS and Paris-Sud University in France have compiled the first comprehensive and robust database of the global economic costs of invasive insects - but say estimates are likely to be greatly under-estimated because of the lack of research into cos ... read more

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