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In 1940s New Zealand, cordgrass was planted to reclaim wetlands for grazing; it spread across tidal mudflats, forcing decades of eradication work

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In the 1940s, New Zealand planted cordgrass for pasture. It now damages the estuary mudflats birds rely on, and officials are still fighting it.

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