The Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources has started a campaign to manage and control 186 invasive species to decrease their damaging ecological impact.
Environment Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez says that the initiative seeks to detect, prevent and respond in a timely manner to the threat to the biodiversity and the economy.
The most common invasive species include several types of fish: Siamese fighting fish, catfish, lion fish, mosquito fish, bearded fish, shad fish and rainbow trout.
The invasive plants include acacia, asparagus, Chinese violet, wild oats, Lent reed, black rubber plant and bluebell. These are the other main factor in the loss of biological diversity, according to Rojas Gomez.
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