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

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.

 

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.

 

The GEF-funded 2010 BIP Project, in which GISP is a Key Indicator Partner launches its website www.twentyten.net