GISP and UNEP Regional Seas launch the first marine biofouling guidelines
11,000 alien species invade Europe...
10th EMAPi conference to be held at Stellenbosch Aug 2009.
International Congress on Biological Invasions 2009
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CBD COP 9 Decision IX/4
December 2008
CABI works across the research-development spectrum finding solutions to
agricultural, forestry and environmental pest problems - including invasive
weeds, plant pathogens, phytophagous insects and plant-parasitic nematodes.
CABI has regional centres in Trinidad and Tobago, UK, Switzerland,
Malaysia, Pakistan and Kenya and conducts work in more than sixty
countries.
CABI identifies and screens for biological control agents, including
insects and fungi, to manage weeds, such as Himalayan Balsam and Japanese
knotweed in Europe, more than ten weeds in North America including
successes against leafy spurge, Dalmation toadflax, purple loosestrife,
houndstongue and knapweeds, and rubber vine and mile-a-minute weed in
tropical Australia and Asia, respectively. Water hyacinth is present in
Asia, Africa and southern Europe and clogs waterways amongst many other
detrimental features.
More…
CABI and Invasive Species Flyer (pdf 1MB)
For more information please visit www.cabi.org
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New partnership for GISP
GISP and
the International Ocean Institute (IOI) - an international NGO which promotes
the sustainable use, management and conservation of the World’s oceans, and
upholds the principles of the UN Convention on the
Law of the Sea ( www.ioinst.org),
have recently signed a MoU to facilitate co-ordination and implementation of
GISP’s Programme on Marine Invasive Species (MIS). IOI-South Africa (IOI-SA)
has been designated the network-wide focal point for marine
invasive species, and the Director IOI-SA, Adnan Awad has also been appointed
as GISP’s Technical Director, MIS.
An Update on CABI’s Invasive Species Compendium
CABI has just finished a hectic year in developing the Invasive Species
Compendium. To date the development has focussed on building the content
management and editorial systems as well as compiling datasheets on invasive
species, including information on their biology, management and impact. The
project is on track to be delivered in 2010 and by then we will have a content
rich resource with query based search facilities and many other features,
including weekly updates of a subset of the CAB Abstracts database.
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The GEF-funded
2010 BIP Project, in which GISP is a Key Indicator Partner launches its website www.twentyten.net
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Japanese Knotweed
Untangling a knotty problem from Japan…Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decraene [Polygonaceae],
is arguably the most troublesome invasive alien plant in Europe and North
America according to Dick Shae, CABI
more...
http://www.cabi.org/jap-
aneseknotweedalliance
GISP Posters
Find out more about invasive species and why they threaten our world.
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