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Regional portal on invasive alien species

The European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) is a gateway to information
on alien and invasive species in North and Central Europe.

NOBANIS covers marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments and provides

  • a distributed but integrated database on introduced species in the region
  • fact sheets on many of the most invasive aliens
  • a catalogue of the regulation relevant to invasive species in participating countries
  • a literature database
  • a photo bank
  • connects to regional and global networks and projects of invasive aliens species

The participating countries

Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany,
Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
European part of Russia, Slovakia and Sweden.


 

 

     

 

News

Policy recommendations on biological invasions for the Rio+20 process | 09.05.2012

Following the "Planet under Pressure" conference in London members of ISSG were
concerned with the absence of any reference to biological invasions in that occasion
and members highlighted the scarce attention to the invasive issue in the preparatory
works for Rio+20.

Members proposed the development and submission of a policy paper highlighting
the growing threat of biological invasions on biodiversity, human health and food
security for the Rio+20 process. This proposal has resulted in the following document
(Please follow the link below to read the full document):

Biological invasions: a growing threat to biodiversity, human health and food security.
Policy recommendations for the Rio+20 process drafted by IUCN SSC Invasive Species
Specialist Group and IUCN's Invasive Species Initiative

 

Conference announcement | 24.01.2012

NEOBIOTA Conference 2012 - Halting Biological Invasions in Europe: from Data to Decisions.
7th European Conference on Biological Invasions
Pontevedra, Spain, 12-14 September 2012

See the first announcement with conference topics, keynote speakers, scientific committee, organizing
committee and call for abstracts
: http://cis.danbif.dk/events/neobiota-2012-7th-european-conference.

Conference website: http://neobiota2012.blogspot.com/.