Viewing tagged as: Invasive Alien Species
Posted on mer, 24 Aoû 2016, 09:26
Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change, facilitate IAS establishment. Here we provide the first global, spatial analysis of the terrestrial threat from IAS in light …
Read morePosted on mar, 23 Aoû 2016, 13:11
Understanding and managing the biological invasion threats posed by aquatic plants under current and future climates is a growing challenge for biosecurity and land management agencies worldwide. Eichhornia crassipes is one of the world s worst aquatic weeds. Presently, it …
Read morePosted on jeu, 30 Jui 2016, 10:22
The Informal Working Group on the IPPC Implementation Pilot Project on Surveillance, attended by 13 plant pest surveillance experts, was held in Bangkok Thailand on 11th - 12th of June 2016. Organized by the APPPC with the cooperation of the …
Read morePosted on mar, 29 Sep 2015, 16:36
Le séminaire de la CIPV intitulé « Espèces exotiques envahissantes : tendances et caractéristiques des invasions, impacts mondiaux et réponses possibles » s’est déroulé au Siège de la FAO le 24 septembre 2015. Le président du groupe de spécialistes sur …
Read morePosted on mar, 20 Jan 2015, 11:30
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)1 is calling for experts to attend a training course as part of the Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI)2. The course entitled: Rapid Identification of Invasive Alien Species is intended to help countries …
Read morePosted on ven, 05 Jul 2013, 16:25
The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) has posted its new publication, titled International Trade and Invasive Alien Species. The publication, as summarized on the site, reviews and analyses key concepts and principles relevant to Invasive Alien Species (IAS) …
Read morePosted on mer, 13 Mar 2013, 16:49
The IPPC Secretariat and FAO recently hosted the Inter Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species (IALG-IAS) at FAO Headquarters in Rome. Established in 2011, the IALG on IAS focuses on facilitating global cooperation to prevent the introduction of IAS …
Read morePosted on mar, 25 Sep 2012, 08:10
IPPC participated in a workshop organized by the Standard and Trade Development Facility ( STDF), the IPPC and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 12 and 13 July 2012. Three IPPC Secretariat staff members intervened in the meeting, to …
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