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Article: Alliance formed to limit invasive species.(EYE ON EARTH)
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- World Watch
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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A new partnership between the United Nations and global shipping companies will attempt to control the overseas travel of unwelcome species. The collaboration, known as the Global Industry Alliance, will encourage the shipping industry to share approaches on limiting the transfer of invasive species in ballast water, the leading cause of "alien" marine species introduction.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), United Nations Development Programme, Global Environment Facility, and four private shipping corporations form the alliance. The groups hope to develop cost-effective ballast water treatment technologies and new ways to create "ballast-free" ...