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Weeping grass (Eragrostis plana) becomes a pest in Southern Brazil
O Estado de S. Paulo - SP - Agrícola - 2007-07-18 - pg:10 e 11 - Portuguese

Invasive alien corals invade the Rio de Janeiro - Brazil coastline
O Globo - June 12, 2007 (PDF) - Portuguese

Program raises public awareness on the importance of controlling the spread of invasive alien species
TNC/Brasil - June, 2007 (PDF) - Portuguese

Invasive alien species threaten Aparados da Serra/RS-Brazil ecosystems
EcoAgência - 26 de Abril de 2007 - Portuguese

Paraná state has a second case of hemorragic dengue fever
Terra Notícias - March 29, 2007 - Portuguese

Pets must never be released in natural areas
O Estado de São Paulo - March 18, 2007 (JPEG 238kb) - Portuguese

Against alien invasive species
Folha do Estado Cuiabá - February 08, 2007 - Portuguese

Problem carrier
Agência FAPESP - February 02, 2007 (JPEG 113kb) - Portuguese

When environmentalism goes radical!
O Eco - October 02, 2006 - Portuguese

National Park of Brasília recongnizes the importance of clearing invasive alien species to make conservation of biodversity viable
Correio Braziliense - October, 2006 (PDF 79kb) - Portuguese

Tribune detects failure in the protection of Brazilian biodiversity
Voz do Brasil - September 27, 2006 (PDF 13kb) - Portuguese

Small world means endangered world
International Herald Tribune - September 19, 2006

New GISP brochure explores invasives-poverty link
GISP - September 18, 2006 (Download PDF 2.24Mb)

Alien invasive pets threaten the biodiversity
Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinária-PR - Jul/Ago/Set de 2006 (JPG 325Kb) - Portuguese

The invasion of alien species
O Estado de São Paulo - July 23, 2006 (PDF 1.47Mb) - Portuguese

Federal Justice appoints deadline for the Country and the State of Rio Grande do Sul State to take up measures against the golden mussel
EcoAgência - July 17, 2006 - Portuguese

Silent invasion -Alien plants and animals bring more problens than solutions
SESC SP - May/June, 2006 (PDF 73Kb) - Portuguese

Invasive trees will be extinguished from Protected Areas in Parana-Brazil
ACRAPENA - 28 de Abril de 2006

IBAMA fights invasive alien species
Jornal do Commercio Brasil - October 10, 2005 - Portuguese

Brazil holds symposium on invasive species
Radiobrás - Outubro 18, 2005

A problem in the garden and on the planet
Radiobrás - October, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 1 - Brazil seeks to estimate the losses caused by invasive alien species
Radiobrás - October 04, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 2 - Prevention is the way to go , says the representative of the Brazil Ministry of Environment
Radiobrás - October 04, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 3 - Biological invasions include some of the main diseases
Radiobrás - October 04, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 4- Symposium readdresses commitment with the Convention on Biological Diversity, says Marina Silva, Minister of Environment
Radiobrás - October 05, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 5 - Fighting invasive species demands an integrated approach, says member of GISP
Radiobrás - October 05, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 6 - Scientists work on continental database to address the problem
Radiobrás - October 05, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 7 - Rivers have more non-native animals and plants than expected, concludes researcher
Radiobrás - October 08, 2005 - Portuguese

Special 8 - Scientist says that society can help in the control of invasive species
Radiobrás - October 08, 2005 - Portuguese

Invasive Alien Species threaten the Conservation Units of brazilian's biodiversity
TV Cultura - Repórter Eco - September 25, 2005 - Portuguese

The invasion of alien species
TV Cultura - Repórter Eco - September 25, 2005 - Portuguese

Levantar información es el primer paso para arrancar con el trabajo en especies invasoras
UICN - Sur - September 21, 2005 - Spanish

Frogs used in tests can spreaded disease
Terra - September 19, 2005 - Portuguese

A specie of mussel invade the Brazil and threats the rivers and lakes biodiversity
TV Cultura - Repórter Eco - September 18, 2005 - Portuguese

Ibama autoriza caça controlada do javali- uma espécie exótica invadora que ataca plantações do Rio Grande do Sul
TV Cultura - Repórter Eco - September 11, 2005 - Portuguese

Brazil gets organized for controlling invasive alien species
Ecotour - July 17, 2005 - Portuguese - Portuguese

Unwanted visitors that come to stay
Ciência Hoje das Crianças - June 23, 2005 - Portuguese

Invasive species will be the theme of symposium of specialists in Brasília-Brazil
Pick-upau - Junho de 2005

Ministry of Environmental opens registration for Invasive Alien Species Symposium in Brazil
Radiobrás - May 29, 2005 - Portuguese
Agrosoft - May 30, 2005 - Portuguese

Transgenicos are just not OGMs
Olimpio Araujo Junior - ECOTERRA - Portuguese

The pest of snails
Jornal Nacional - May 23, 2005 - Portuguese

Globalization spreads invasive alien species.
Folha de São Paulo - May 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Alien invasive species attack protected areas.
Folha de São Paulo - May 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Natural Emenys.
Folha de Londrina - April 23, 2005 - Portuguese

Silent invasions in the Pampulha Lake (Belo Horizonte - Brazil).
Uai Estado de Minas - April 17, 2005 - Portuguese

Exotic and dangerous.
Uai Estado de Minas - April 17, 2005 - Portuguese

Boar's attacks.
Uai Estado de Minas - April 17, 2005 - Portuguese

Prison and fine.
Uai Estado de Minas - April 17, 2005 - Portuguese

Undesirable species.
Uai Estado de Minas - April 17, 2005 - Portuguese

Freshwater invasives
Globo Rural - April 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Brachiaria invasion
Globo Rural - April 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Aquatic weeds
Globo Rural - April 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Pasture weeds
Globo Rural - April 16, 2005 - Portuguese

Excess of tucunaré (Cichla ocellaris)
Globo Rural - April 16, 2005 - Portuguese

New website on forest invasive species - African countries will share information, experiences and benefits
FAO NEWSROOM - March 25, 2005

Undesirable visitors
Ajuda Brasil - February 23, 2005 - Portuguese

Australia offers reward to deter Bufo marinus
Ambiente Brasil - January 18, 2005 - Portuguese

Invasive mite is the new threat to brazilian rice production
Ambiente Brasil - January 18, 2005 - Portuguese

I Brazilian Symposium on Invasive Alien Species in Brasília/DF
Ambiente Brasil - January 10, 2005 - Portuguese

West Nilo Virus threatens birds
Ambiente Brasil - January 01, 2005 - Portuguese

I Brazilian Symposium on Invasive Alien Species will take place in May of 2005
Ambiente Brasil - December 13, 2004 - Portuguese

Report recommends criation of plan to control invasive alien aquatic species
Ambiente Brasil - November 24, 2004 - Portuguese

Snails return for recreation
Jornal do Brasil - November 18, 2004 - Portuguese

Species of sea horses from brazilian coast are threated
REVISTA CH 210 - November, 2004 - Portuguese

Invasive alien species in Parana's Forests
Jornal do Estado - October 22, 2004 - Portuguese

Biological control is the solution
Folha de Londrina - October 22, 2004 - Portuguese

Invasive alien plants become pests in conservation areas
Folha de Londrina - October 22, 2004 - Portuguese

Biological contamination reaches three southern states
PautaSocial - Carlos Guimarães - October 21, 2004 - Portuguese

Parana suffers with biological contamination
Tudo Paraná - Luciane Horcel - October 21, 2004 - Portuguese

Convention on Ballast Water is theme of seminar
Ministério do Meio Ambiente - September 27, 2004 - Portuguese

Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, talks about National Forestry Plan for Natives Species and Agroforestry Systems
Ministério do Meio Ambiente - September 21, 2004 - Portuguese

Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, alters regulations to facilitate harvesting and planting non-native species and increasing care for natives
Ambiente Brasil - September 14, 2004 - Portuguese

Native fishes give place to new species
A Gazeta - September 01, 2004 - Portuguese

Forbidden agrochemicals used for cultivation of castor bean (Ricinus communis) poison rural workers in Mato Grosso
Ambiente Brasil - September 01, 2004 - Portuguese

Giant african snail combat starts in Manaus - Amazonas
Ambiente Brasil - August 29, 2004 - Portuguese

Local coordination to be established in Corumbá, Mato Grosso, to refrain dispersal of the golden mussel (Limnoperma fortunei)
Ambiente Brasil - August 23, 2004 - Portuguese

Giant african snails advance in the North
Tribuna do Norte - August 04, 2004 (PDF 27kb) - Portuguese

Under pressure, President Lula bans article 64 which unutilized the Brazilian Forest Code
Portal Popular - August 03, 2004 - Portuguese

Giant african snail scares residents in Cuiaba neighborhood
Ambiente Brasil - July 26, 2004 - Portuguese

Invasive alien species break environmental balance
Gazeta do Povo - July 22, 2004 - Portuguese

Breeding of giant african snail to be banned in Sao Paulo
Guia Paraná - July 07, 2004 - Portuguese

Giant african snail infests Engenheiro Beltrão, Paraná
Ambiente Brasil - July 01, 2004 - Portuguese

Experts discuss strategies to refrain advance of golden mussel (Limnoperma fortunei)
Ambiente Brasil - June 30, 2004 - Portuguese

Algaroba (Prosopis juliflora) sem manejo causa problema no semi-árido nordestino Unmanaged mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) causes damage in semi-arid northeast
Ambiente Brasil - June 25, 2004 - Portuguese

Invasive alien species reaches Antarctica
Ambiente Brasil - June 22, 2004 - Portuguese

Research foretells use of transg enic mosquito to control malaria
FIOCRUZ - June, 2004 - Portuguese

Poduction of di e sel from castor bean takes employment and income to a miserable region - Portal Moveleiro - May 27, 2004 - Portuguese

Snail threatens ecological balance in Chapada dos Guimarães/MT - Brazil
Ambiente Brasil - May 23, 2004 - Portuguese

CESP trains specialist to control invasion of golden mussel in Alto Paraná region , Brazil - Paraná - Ambiente Brasil - May 23, 2004 - Portuguese

Rats and goats threaten turtles
O Povo - CE - April 12, 2004 (PDF 22kb) - Portuguese

Annoni grass has already invaded 500 thousand hectares of grasslands in Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil - Revista Globo Rural - May, 2004 - Portuguese

IBAMA sentences use of tilapia as live bait
Ambiente Brasil - April 29, 2004 (PDF 26kb) - Portuguese

Brazil consolidates plan with Mercosul to control invasive species
Ambiente Brasil - April 29, 2004 (PDF 26kb) - Portuguese

Regional plan to stop invasive alien especies in America Latin
Ambiente Brasil - April 27, 2004 (PDF 26kb) - Portuguese

Control of invasive species on ship hulls
Zero Hora - Rio Grande do Sul - April 27, 2004 (PDF 24kb) - Portuguese

Government starts campaign to combat the golden mussel
Daniela Castro - Agência RBS- Brasília - April 23, 2004 (PDF 25kb) - Portuguese

IBAMA wants to set alert about the risk of invasive species
O Estado de São Paulo Newspaper - April 20, 2004 (PDF 24kb) - Portuguese

The wild boar as an invasive species
Ambiente Brasil - Sílvia R. Ziller - Instituto Hórus - April 19, 2004 (PDF 29kb) - Portuguese

Ministry of Environment starts national campaign to combat the golden mussel
CanalEnergia On-Line - Abril 16, 2004 (PDF 26kb) - Portuguese

Ibama authoriz es abate of " caturritas " and wild boar for populatinonal control
Ambiente Brasil - April 5, 2004 (PDF 28kb) - Portuguese

Biodiesel becomes a priority in Brazil
Sávio Brandão - Folha do Estado Online - April 03, 2004 (PDF 30kb) - Portuguese

Sand threatens the PAMPA - Soil in the southwest of Rio Grande do Sul undergoes desertification process
Daniel Cassol - March, 2004 (PDF 30kb) - Portuguese

Giant African Snail threatens Belém, Pará, Brazil. O Liberal - Belém
March 27, 2004 (PDF 34kb) - Portuguese

IBAMA will fight invasive snail - African mollusk arrived in Brazil as an alternative to escargot, but became a pest. Evanildo da Silveira - O Estado de São Paulo
March 19, 2004 (PDF 26kb) - Portuguese

Government encourage the small producers to creat fishes in sumps. SBPC/Labjor
March 19, 2004 (PDF 33kb) - Portuguese

Pacific Crab threatens the ecosystem
Verônica Falcão - Jornal do Commercio - PE - March 19, 2004 (PDF 33kb) - Portuguese

Feral pigs destroy corn plantations in Herval - Rio Grande do Sul. Luciara Schneid - Agrolink - March 18, 2004 (PDF 23kb) - Portuguese

Chinese mollusk threatens environment and production in Brazil - golden mussel arrived in ships and has infested rivers and reservoirs in the South. Seven Ministries have been mobilized to fight the invasion. Evanildo da Silveira - O Estado de São Paulo - March 18, 2004 (PDF 28kb) - Portuguese

Australian shrub is the newest threat to the Amazon. Omar Lugo - Agencia EFE
March 12, 2004 (PDF 29kb) - Portuguese

Convention about Ballast Water, in Brazil. Eduardo Geraque - Ambiente Brasil
January 13, 2004 (PDF 30kb) - Portuguese

Alien Invasive Species
Correio Riograndense - Edition 4.852 Year 95 - September 17, 2003 (PDF 37kb) - Portuguese

Ships spread 7 thousand marine species around the world that cause environment al damage. Chinese mussel arrived and causes damage in the Pantanal and Itaipu areas
News On-line Prometeu - April 10, 2003 (PDF 27kb) - Portuguese

University of Santa Catarina combat s biological polution generated by Pinus plantations
UFSC - November 14, 2002 (PDF 27kb) - Portuguese

Presentation of main findings about the golden mussel by Copel Generation, Lactec and Federal University of Parana on April 10 , 2000
GIA – Grupo Integrado Aqüicultura e Meio Ambiente - 10 de Outubro de 2002 (PDF 29kb) - Portuguese

Invasive alien species threaten ecosystem
Radiobrás - 2001

News in other countries

When Good Weeds Go Bad
The New York Times - June 15, 2007 (PDF)

Brazil: The first official invasive alien species list
BioNet - May 21, 2007 (PDF)

Salmons evade from breeding sites and threaten Britain's native species
Último Segundo - August 29, 2006 - Portuguese

Arrival of alien species frightens Galapagos
Ambiente em Foco - August 25, 2006 - Portuguese

Costly alien invaders rock world's balance
Reuters - January 25, 2006

Court Acts to Halt Dumping Invasive Species in U.S. Waters
Environment News Service - April 04, 2005

Devil of a problem: the tree that's eating Africa
Independent.co.uk News - August 27, 2004

Invasion of the Critters
Newsweek International - August 19, 2004

Bullfrog explosion plaguing B.C.
CBC News Online - July 08, 2004

Cane toad on research hit list
ABC News Online - April 14, 2004 (PDF 28kb) - English

Battle of the beaches rages over coconuts
Kathy Marks in Sydney – Independent.co.uk News - April 04, 2004 (PDF 28kb) - English

Cooperation urged on invasives - AIBS meeting participants say US Department of Homeland Security could coordinate efforts. The Scientist - Eugene Russo
March 22, 2004 (PDF 30kb)