Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Welcome

Hello readers. Biodiversity is the most important aspect of any environment. Wikipedia describes biodiversity as "the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth." This means that when there is a wide variety of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc. in a given ecosystem, there is a good biodiversity. Sometimes, there are certain species that are introduced into an environment, and spread like wildfire. These species don't necessarily belong, and when they spread, they begin to use most of the given resources over a period of time and effecting other species and limiting biodiversity. These species are called invasive. Invasive species are among the greatest threats to native biodiversity, and they cause harm to other species, potentially eliminating certain plants and animals in a given system.

Invasive species are, however, easy to identify and control if you are well informed. That is the purpose of our site. We hope that, upon reading our blog, you will be able to identify many invasive species on your privately owned land and deminish their population for the sake of biodiversity.

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