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biodiversity and resources. The economy of the nation is also taking major hits as far as expenses on repair and recovery. Invasive species can cost up to 120 billion dollars a year just to repair the substantial amount of damaged caused. Ever since the invasion of the Asian Cod in the Illinois the government has spent millions on building electric fences in hopes of containing the fish so as to prevent the fish from entering the Great Lakes.Our nation;s resorts and popular wet areas are also receiving
yanne Spellman The World Wildlife Fund stated that Australia contains fragments of tropical forests that 15 million years ago may have spanned both Australia and Antarctica. The scattered rainforests contain features of all forest categories, resulting in an assortment of plant communities that are extremely diverse. Over seven hundred species of plants and animals are scattered throughout the forest (Queensland Tropical Forests, 2015). Over time invasive species have slowly made a foothold in
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