Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

Less than 1% of the government’s biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, despite the danger they pose to British wildlife, figures suggest. Conservationists warned the funding to address non-native plants and animals was failing to match the risk they posed to “cherished” native species, from water voles to ladybirds, as well as to waterways, […]