Karen Harper, LISI Manager By now, we should all be aware of the potential impacts that Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), an invasive non-native species, can have on local biodiversity, on built structures and on our local amenity. It is important to know how to...
Andrea Albergoni ‘If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants’. Isaac Newton As a student who has now completed his first major academic project, I could not agree more with the essence of this quotation. In the summer of 2012, I...
Karen Harper, LISI Manager LISI is now starting on projects for its upcoming second year. The first of these is the invasive non-native species (INNS) mapping project. This will devise a standardised method for collecting data on invasive species and a way for...
Jo Heisse, of the Environment Agency, Conservation Officer. The London Invasive Species Initiative (LISI) is a newly formed group under the London Biodiversity Partnership, which aims to co-ordinate action to prevent, control and eradicate invasive non-native species...
