Guidance and Tools

Guidance

Guidance and Tools

This page provides links to some key tools and guidance related to invasive alien species, as well as to guidance documents that are specific to certain pathways.

General Tools and Guidance
Pathway-specific Tools and Guidance:

General Tools and Guidance

Convention on Biological Diversity. 2002.
Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species that Threaten Ecosystems, Habitats or Species.
CAB International / Global Invasive Species Programme.
Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices of Invasive Alien Species.
International Plant Protection Convention.
Guidelines for pest risk analysis. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #2.
International Plant Protection Convention.
Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including analysis of environmental risks and living modified organisms. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #11.
IUCN – The World Conservation Union.
IUCN Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species.
NatureServe.
An Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: Evaluating Non-native Plants for their Impact on Biodiversity
OIE.
Terrestrial Animal Health Code
U.S. Center for Plant Conservation.
Voluntary codes of conduct for minimizing and use and spread of invasive alien species: for government, nursery professionals, gardening public, landscape architects, and botanic gardens and arboreta.
Biosecurity New Zealand Risk Analysis Procedures. 2006.

Native to Brazil, the strawberry guava is now shading native vegetation of tropical forests and woodlands in Hawaii, Polynesia, Mauritius, Florida and Norfolk island, causing extensive damage to local ecosystems.
Credit: Jean-Jacques Segalen, Barbadine