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  • Miscanthus × giganteus J. M. Greef & Deuter ex Hodk. & Renvoize

    Grass/sedge/rush

    2025-04-30 11:51more »

  • Phyllostachys bissetii McClure

    Bisset bamboo

    Grass/sedge/rush

    2025-04-30 11:11more »

  • Aleutian Mink Disease Virus .

    Aleutian Mink Disease Virus

    Micro-organism

    2025-04-03 15:39more »

  • Angiostrongylus vasorum Baillet, 1866

    French worm

    Nematode

    2025-04-03 15:22more »

  • Calicophoron daubneyi (Dinnik, 1962)

    Flatworm

    2025-04-03 14:49more »

Project

Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are commonly regarded as a major threat to the biological diversity on a global scale, second only to habitat loss. Although the problem is well recognised, concerted attempts to solve it have only been undertaken within last decades few years. Collection and dissemination of information on IAS are widely recognised as crucial components for solving the problems they pose.

In 1999, the database on species introduced into Poland was developed at the Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow for the Ministry of the Environment. In 2003, thanks to a grant from the US State Department, part of the data was translated and made accessible on the Internet.

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