Global warming ‘will multiply pests’

Warmer temperatures will allow feral animals and invasive weeds to gain access to cooler and higher areas where they have not previously been able to exist, according to WWF’s Invasive Species Policy Officer Julie Kirkwood.

“Exotic species that haven’t been invasive in these areas before are likely to have a sudden competitive advantage in warmer temperatures,” she said.

Ms Kirkwood said Professor Ross Garnaut’s draft climate change report had identified that warmer temperatures would favour pest and weed species at the expense of native plants and animals.

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