Resource Number: 14615
Title: Invasive Alien Species in the Austral-Pacific Region: National Reports & Directory of Resources
Publisher: Global Invasive Species Programme
Description: This report is one of three products of a workshop entitled, Prevention and Management of Invasive
Alien Species: Forging Cooperation throughout the Austral Pacific. The meeting was held by the
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) in Honolulu, Hawai'i on 15-17 October 2002. The other
products include a regional statement on IAS and a workshop report (also downloadable from
www.gisp.org). This document is the first country-driven effort to assess the status of invasive alien
species (IAS) and share information on IAS national programs in the Austral Pacific region.
Each country that participated in the regional workshop was invited to submit a chapter that included
information on known IAS, existing strategies for preventing and managing IAS, objectives and contact
information for departments/ ministeries concerned with IAS, priorities for future work on IAS, list of
in-country IAS experts, and a list of relevant references and websites.
Participants were asked to provide information relevant to both agriculture and environmental sectors
and to work across multiple ministeries when possible. The ability of each country to provide this
information varied considerably and depended upon the amount of information already available IAS
problems for their country, existence of within country technical expertise, and how high a priority the
IAS issue is for the government at this time. A few delegations were not able to make contributions to
this document, and are in the process of assessing the status of IAS in their countries.
The data provided within this document reflects the most up-to-date information available to the authors of each country report at the time of writing. These authors and the GISP make no claim that this information is complete or scientifically accurate (e.g. scientific names may not always have been
correctly assigned to non-native species). However, the authors and editors have made every effort to
ensure as useful and reliable a document as possible.
GISP hopes that this document will be seen as a foundation for future work on IAS within the Austral
Pacific region. Readers who are able to provide additional information or updates to specific chapters
are strongly encouraged to contact the authors as well as GISP. This report is also downloadable from
www.gisp.org and, if new information warrants, will be updated as appropriate.
Reports arising from GISPís workshops in other regions of the world are also available at
www.gisp.org.
Last Updated: June 21, 2019
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