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14/06/2022

UK GOVERNMENT GIVES UP THE FIGHT AGAINST JAPANESE KNOTWEED

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Japanese knotw**d has become such an overwhelming nuisance that the UK government has thrown in the towel with regards to a nationwide eradication programme.

The invasive w**d is now so prevalent that it is impossible to find a six-mile square section of the UK mainland that doesn’t contain traces of Japanese knotw**d.

Why has the government given up on tackling such a pernicious plant? Read on to find out...

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George Eustice, a minister for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has said "There are no plans to attempt a national eradication because the cost would be prohibitively expensive and likely to be unsuccessful given the widespread distribution of the species."

Mr Eustice also said that annual costs for knotw**d eradication could run at as much as “£1.5 billion.”

DEFRA have attempted to cull Japanese knotw**d before by releasing a group of knotw**d eating insects called psyllids into the UK. Unfortunately, these insects, that naturally control knotw**d in their native Japan, could not acclimatise to the British weather and struggled to survive long enough to make any lasting impact.

Mr Eustice said: “To date research has not shown significant or sustainable impacts, because only small populations of the psyllid have survived in the wild.”

Despite giving up on treating Japanese knotw**d the government still has strict Japanese knotw**d legislation which can result in fines and even jail time for those who flaunt it

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