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THREATS: COLLABORATION ON SPECIES WITH EXPANDING RANGES
AND BEHAVING AS INVASIVES
Priority Needs List and Tools Matrix
VI. Threats
d. Collaboration on Species with Expanding Ranges and Behaving as Invasives
- Alien Species Initiative (ASI) will deal with the growing threats
to wildlife in the Caribbean and Pacific Island nations. Negotiations
are underway with UNDP to explore options for establishing a region-wide
ASI.
From: Birdlife International, www.birdlife.org.
Contact: Rob Clay, rob@guyra.org.py.
- SAG collaborates to take care of the problem of species that are
expanding their distribution ranges and that are behaving like invasive
species.
From: Chile - Servicio Agricola y Ganadero (SAG), www.sag.gob.cl.
Contact: Horatio Merlet; horacio.merlet@sag.gob.cl.
- CMS and its associated Agreements have provisions on alien invasive
species.
From: Convention on Migratory Species, www.wcmc.org.uk/cms.
Contact: Lyle Glowka, lglowka@cms.unep.de.
- U.S. federal agencies have experience with plant and invertebrate
invasive species.
From: Partners in Flight, www.partnersinflight.org.
Contact: Terry Rich, Terry_rich@fws.gov.
- Resolution VIII.18 regards invasive species and wetlands.
From: Ramsar Convention, www.ramsar.org.
Contact: Margarita Astrálaga, astralaga@ramsar.org.
- USFS works on invasive species research and management. Most work
is on forest health protection emphasizing landscape surveys, monitoring,
species research, and agency collaboration. Most work internationally
is on identifying species soon to enter the US and better understanding
their life cycles, ecology, and management approaches.
From: United States Forest Service, www.fs.fed.us.
Contact: Rob Mangold, State and Private Forestry, T: 202-605-5340.
- USGS Patuxent’s Invasive Species Monitoring Programs can provide
guidance on establishing programs to monitor the spread of invasive
animal and plant species.
From: United States Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center,
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/.
Contact: Jim Nichols, T: (301) 497-5660; John Sauer, T: (301) 497-5662;
Bruce Peterjohn, T: (301) 497-5841.
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