Invasive tree species: Call for action to tackle threat to a global biodiversity hotspot
An invasive Australian tree is now posing a serious threat to a global diversity ‘hotspot’ in the natural forests of Jamaica’s Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. The tree species, Pittosporum undulatum, known locally as ‘mock orange’, is threatening many rare and endangered species, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. Scientists are urging the relevant institutions to prioritise a program of control of this species. …read more
