To make it easier to report sightings of alien species and obtain more information about invasive species locations in Latvia, the Nature Conservation Agency has created an online Invasive Species Manager as part of the LIFE-IP LatViaNature project, which will help raise public awareness of invasive species and collect data on their distribution.

The Invasive Species Manager is available to anyone interested at the website http://bit.ly/invazivs. It includes almost 50 species that scientists have identified as invasive – alien species that reproduce and spread rapidly, threatening native species and biodiversity, and for which it is therefore necessary to identify locations and limit their spread.