Another six biodiversity cartoons because it’s shaping up to be a crazy week. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here.
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Less affluent countries more prone to damage caused by biological invasions despite lower trade volume
Non-native species introduced mainly via increasing trade of goods and services have huge economic, health, and environmental costs. These ‘biological invasions’ involve the intentional or unintentional transport and release of species beyond their native biogeographical ranges, facilitating their potential spread. Over the last few decades, invasive species have incurred an average cost of at least…
ConservationBytes.com 
Awesome. With reference to the ‘polyp weather report’ (the fifth of the six here) could I perhaps interest you in this petition?
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