"Not as spectacular as a covid epidemic, but a huge problem" - the number of invasive species is growing rapidly

Nutria, harlequin ladybirds, red swamp crabs, tiger mosquitoes, or Spanish slugs - we increasingly encounter species that are not native to our country, and their presence is usually not good news for local ecosystems, but can often cause headaches in agriculture or even in health care. Can we live with species that are still considered invasive today? László Zsolt Garamszegi, Director-General of the HUN-REN Ecological Research Centre and Head of our Division of Invasion Biology, was interviewed on the HUN-REN website about the phenomenon and the ecological and practical challenges involved.

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(Introduction and photo: HUN-REN)