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The global study on tackling the nature crisis also warns that people need to reconnect with nature and that financial systems must be reformed.

The Covid-19 and Ebola outbreaks brought into stark relief the harms that can come to humans if we interfere too much with nature, placing ourselves in contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens.

Climate change has negatively – and irreversibly, in some cases – affected ecosystems around the globe. Sadly, though, it is not the only phenomenon that’s altering our natural world.

Invasive species destroy forests, ravage crops and cause extinctions – making them a growing global threat.

More than 3,500 invasive alien species are seriously compromising human wellbeing and causing irreversible damage to ecosystems, according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). While some alien species actually benefit humans, the UN organisation estimates 10% threaten nature and people.

Caribbean false mussel has spread widely in Kerala's coastal waters, displacing native species & causing economic loss. IPBES report finds global economic cost of invasive species exceeded USD 423 billion in 2019. Control of spread now impossible; only way to reduce number is to harvest as much as possible.

National response urgently needed to prevent further extinction of native flora and fauna, advocates say

Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.

Four years of research, contributed to by 86 experts from 49 countries, is set to become the benchmark of public understanding on the subject.