MANAGEMENT OF AQUATIC INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES IN NEPAL
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- Floral and faunal species, either terrestrial or aquatic, which grow and flourish away from their natural habitats and which influence native species or habitats, are considered invasive species for that ecosystem. According to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF,2019) an invasive species can be any kind of living organism that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm to the environment, the economy, and/or human health. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN, 2019) states that invasive species are a species introduced by humans – either intentionally or accidentally – that establishes itself outside of its natural past or present distribution, and whose introduction and/or spread threaten biological diversity
