KentOnline / KMTV
KentOnline / KMTV
  • 3 years ago
Animals and plants could be at risk of extinction in the county after experts revealed a number of invasive species in Kent.

It comes as the United Nations published a report showing one million species are in danger across the world.

Forestry England and volunteers have run projects including the removal of American Skunk Cabbage in Bedgebury affecting Kent's waterways.

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