What are the biggest problems facing INNSA members?

In the coming week, we will be sending out an INNSA Member Survey and we would love to get as many responses as possible, to help us understand how the association can best serve the interests of its members. But, as Chairman, I feel particularly strongly that we need to focus on the industry issues […]

Invasive Aliens – What’s it all about?

So, contractors, how do you explain “Invasive Alien Species” to your clients? It can all sound a bit like the X-Files when talking of ‘aliens’ taking over the land… Do you go down the route of explaining about the ease with which the plants are spread? Or go down the “Need-for-biodiversity” route? Or do you […]

What’s it all about?

Invasive weed control is a relatively new market. While companies have offered and specialised in commercial grounds maintenance and grass-cutting operations for hundreds of years, the specific market of invasive species management has only become a commercially-viable offshoot in the last twenty-five years.

INNSA WELCOMES NEW CHAIRMAN

It is a great honour to be elected to the Chairmanship of the Invasive Non-Native Specialists Association (INNSA). I would like to start by giving an overview of how we have arrived at the current position.

Chairman’s Update – October 2019

It’s been a while since we have provided an update to members, but an awful lot of activity has been going on behind the scenes to enhance and strengthen INNSA as an organisation. I was appointed Chairman of INNSA on 19th June 2019 by the board for a 12 month period.

INNSA WELCOMES NEW RESEARCH

INNSA WELCOMES NEW RESEARCH INNSA welcomes the new research produced by Swansea University which re-iterates the information provided within the INNSA Code of Practice for Managing Japanese knotweed produced in April 2017.

INNSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018

INNSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2018 Show of resilience from invasives experts at industry conference The Invasive Non-Native Species Association (INNSA) hosted its fourth annual conference in Derby in the wake of a turbulent last year for remediation professionals.

NEW JAPANESE KNOTWEED CODE OF PRACTICE LAUNCHED

NEW JAPANESE KNOTWEED CODE OF PRACTICE LAUNCHED The UK trade body dedicated to the UK Invasive species industry INNSA (Invasive Non-Native Specialists Association) has launched the new Code of Practice for Managing Japanese Knotweed.