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Alien species in India
June 24 , 2025
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- A 2022 study found that India has lost $127.3 billion (Rs 830 crore) to invasive alien species over the last 60 years.
- It was rendering the country the second-most financially affected by an invasive alien species in the world, after the U.S.
- But this data only stems from the calculated costs of 10 invasive alien species from the 2,000+ alien species known in India.
- The most conservative estimates report 173 invasive plants and 157 invasive animals.
- In India, the declaration of alien species as invasive is managed under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (amended in 2022).
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