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accomplshedover time. On the f p side, lryaslye t on on the kindsof a ienspeces thatexst in Thailand,

a en specte:iw pose oelr-"le,llarconsequencesIo and to consulon the mpemenlatonof measuretso

our healthyand balancedecosystemp,artcularyn contro and protectagainstlhe lossof biologicadl iver

a word that is constantydeveopngin technology, sityasa resut oftheexstenceof invasivealen speces.

commLrnicationtsra, nsportaiona, nd niernational The offce s responslblefor a rather arge mandate.

trade, becauselheir "invasion"happensso quicky and has notaby accornpshed a greai deal n ler.ns

and oveMhemingLy.ntroducedio a newenvironment ol colectingnfofmatonon the r,5oo diflerenkt inds

at a speed,rateand numberthat ncreasesexponen of aien speces thatcurrentleyxst n Thaiand. But
there s stil a ot thatremainsto be done...
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adapt quckly to ther newenvronmentp, osea threat

to the ocalexistingp antor anima popuaiion,dep eie O n F e b r u a r2y n o 2 o o r , n t h e a g r c u t l r e

the localiood source,multipyat a high rate,and proraotonco umn,the Tha Rafi newspaperlavoraby

mostirnportantya, re not threatenedby local,natura introducedone type ol aquatc fern as a beautiful

enemiesthatwoud normalycounterthelrspreadand and exotc plant,suitableas food for both peope and

keeptheirnumberus ndercontro. animals. Yet i was estabished n a meetng entited

AlthoughThailandis notpanyto the Conven- "Bioogcal Dversityand the Managernenoil Invasive

ton on BloogicalDversitythatdemandsitssignalores Aien Specles"in Novemberoi that same year that

to protectagainst he mportationof a en species,and that aquatc fern, knownas the Saivinial,,lolestar,a.)

to controland managea ienspeces currentyharmng areadycauseda ot of prob€msin othercountres,

the ecosystemT, haiand activelycooperateswth and warnedthat its spreadin Thaiandwoud spel

signalorycounlriestowardslhal sameobjective. An an ecoogicailate worsethan had beenmetedout

officeattachedto the subcommitteleo the Conventon earierby the intamous"phaktob chawa." At present,

on Boogica Dversty,whichemploysthe Otfce on theSalviniaMalestaharsot spreadthroughoutthecoun

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