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September 07, 2010
Legal Showdown Over Asian Carp Invasion
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Michigan's Belle Isle: Fighting the silent siege
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Berkshires Keeping Zebra Mussels In Check
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In the Great Lakes, 'The Sky Really IS Falling'
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Invasive Alien Plants a Shock for South African Water Affairs
July 28, 2010
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Invasive alien plants now infest 20-million hectares of South Africa - an area twice as large as previously estimated.
The shock finding comes from an Agricultural Research Council (ARC) report commissioned by Water Affairs. Read the full story to get the details.
"The previous figure was 10 million hectares. We knew this was an under-estimate, but we didn't think it was this big. It's come as quite a shock."
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