Global warming will create a world of many losers, but there will be winners as well. Native species killed or stressed by climate change will all too often be replaced by weeds and feral animals or infected by exotic diseases.
All the floods, storms, cyclones, fires and droughts predicted by climate experts will speed up invasion.
Human responses to climate change will also worsen the threat of invasive species. Some proposed energy crop species (biofuels) are invasive and when agriculture shifts and adapts because of changing climate patterns, it will inevitably cause new invasive problems.
One of the best ways to assist nature to adapt to inevitable climate change is to reduce the threats of invasive species. ISC works to promote reforms to reduce these synergistic threats.
The Invasive Species Council was formed in 2002 to seek stronger laws, policies and programs to protect nature from harmful pests, weeds and diseases.
The Invasive Species Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and their connections to land and sea. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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