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Scientists say pandemic could have torpedoed decade of Kimberley rubber vine eradication
Scientists have described their race against time to save one of the Kimberley’s most important river systems from an invasive species notorious for devastating northern ecosystems.
Key points:
- Conservationists are running programs to keep the ‘environmentally disastrous’ rubber vine under control across northern Australia
- An infestation near Lake Argyle was picked up during the pandemic, raising concerns about the river system, if workers weren’t able to eradicate it in time
- The infestation will now go into the program’s system and will be subject to regular monitoring
Rubber vine — which kills native flora and fauna, creating a monoculture wherever it takes hold — has identified throughout Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western…
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