2008May21: Damage from invasive species costs the world an estimated $1.4 trillion annually, according to The Global Invasive Species Program (NY Times, 2008).
Reference: New York Times. 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html
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