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Settling Arguments & Disputes about Japanese knotweed on Property

Disputes About UK Invasive Species Can you identify Japanese knotweed? If not, you may be leaving yourself open to all manner of arguments and disputes. Because it’s such a pest, this invasive plant species could cause you to fall foul of several UK laws. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Allowing Japanese knotweed to flourish in …

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Councils Win Legal Right To Access Private Land To Weed Out Invasive Plant And Animal Species

A garden is a labour of love. To the casual observer, it might not look like anything more than a plot of earth. Your marigolds might turn a few heads; perhaps a passer-by will comment on the paving stones leading across the lawn, or the smell coming from your bed of jasmine. Your garden is …

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A Glossary of Britain’s Invasive Plants

Those who care about the nation’s native flora are often heard lamenting the presence of invasive species. Despite overtones of the blitz spirit, they are right to do so: not every invasive species comes from overseas, but they’re all adept at out-competing native species and reducing biodiversity. Gardening is about managing competition between communities of …

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Government to Issue ASBOs for Spreading of knotweed

The Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 includes new measures to tackle irresponsible mistreatment of Japanese knotweed that causes it to spread or “not controlling Japanese knotweed when they could be reasonably expected to do so”. Individuals who do not consciously take steps to prevent the spread of the invasive species can be …

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