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On April 28, 2008, Governor Linda Lingle signed into law Act 40 Relating to Invasive Species . Under these provisions, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture will be responsible for maintaining a list of restricted plants. The Department may designate certain plant species as noxious weeds and those plants...

From Nature Newsblog : After years of fighting the threats posed by foreign species on the Hawaiian islands, conservationists have discovered that invasive birds may now be the only hope left for the survival of some native plants. Hawaii is one of the most invaded places in the world, in terms of foreign...