13th Meeting of the Panel on Invasive Alien Species
Kusadasi, TR, 2008-10-14/16
The 13th meeting of the Panel on Invasive Alien Species took place in Kusadasi (TR) on 2008-09-13/16 at the kind invitation of the Turkish NPPO. The Panel finalized the EPPO Guidelines on the development of a code of conduct on horticulture and invasive alien plants, and the Standard on National Regulatory Control Systems for Eichhornia crassipes. The Pest Risk Analyses for Heracleum sosnowskyi and H. persicum were also reviewed and adjusted. These documents will be presented to the next Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations.
The experts also exchanged their experiences on testing the prioritization process for invasive alien plants which is currently being developed and improved.
A brainstorming session was organized to gather feedback from the experts on priorities for the Panel. The experts strongly supported the view that current activities should continue, such as: performing Pest Risk Analyses, initiating pathway analyses, finalizing the prioritization process, organizing workshops on specific invasive alien plants, drafting National Regulatory Control Systems, and implementing the code of conduct on horticulture and invasive alien plants. They also highlighted the lack of awareness about invasive alien species, in particular among the general public, and the need to address this issue.
The Panel had the opportunity to make a field trip and to observe invasive alien plants.
The next Panel meeting will be held in Oslo (NO) on 2009-06-02/04. A Workshop will take place on the 4th of June, in order to discuss the implementation of the code of conduct on horticulture and invasive alien plants with the nursery industry.
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Baker Richard (Mr)
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton Room 02FA05, YO41 1LZ YORK (GB) - +44-1904462220 - +44-1904462250 - r.baker@csl.gov.uk
Brundu Guiseppe (Mr)
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, Assessorato della Difesa dell'Ambiente, Corpo Forestale et di Vigilanza Ambientale, Direzione Generale, Via Biasi n. 7, O9131 CAGLIARI (IT) - +39-0706067557 - +39-0706066612 - gbrundu@tin.it; gbrundu@regione.sardegna.it
Buholzer Hons Serge (Mr)
Federal Department of Economic Affairs DEA, Agroscope Reckenholz- Tecnikon Research Station ART, Reckenholzstr. 191, CH-8046 ZÜRICH (CH) - +41-443777231 - +41-443777201 - serge.buholzer@art.admin.ch
Dvorackova Katerina (Ms)
State Phytosanitary Administration, Region Deparment Havlickuv Brod, Smetanovo nam. 279, 580 01 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) - +420-724248914 - +420-569421158 - katerina.dvorackova@srs.cz ; zdenek.chromy@srs.cz
Ehret Pierre (Mr)
DRAF/SRPV, ZAC d'Alco - BP 3056, 34034 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 1 (FR) - +33-467101817 - +33-467031021 - pierre.ehret@agriculture.gouv.fr
Follak Swen (Mr)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, A-1226 VIENNA (AT) - +43-5055533347 - +43-5055533303 - swen.follak@ages.at
Garkaje Astra (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service - Plant Quarantine Department, Lielvardes str. 36/38, LV-1010 RIGA (LV) - +371-67550926 - +371-67550927 - Astra.Garkaje@vaad.gov.lv
Josefsson Melanie (Ms)
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, SE 106 48 STOCKHOLM (SE) - +46-86981541 - +46-18673156 - Melanie.Josefsson@snv.slu.se
Mironova Maryam (Ms)
Russian Plant Quarantine Centre, Pogranichnaya str., 32, 140150 MOSCOW Region, Bykovo (RU) - +7-4957879054 - +7-4952237241 - mironam@mail.ru
Netland Jan (Mr)
Norwegian Plant Research Institute, Bioforsk, Hogskoleveien 9, NO 1430 AAS (NO) - +47-97178710 - +47-64949226 - jan.netland@bioforsk.no
Van Valkenburg Johan (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, HC 6700 WAGENINGEN (NL) - +31-317496730 - +31-317421701 - j.l.c.h.van.valkenburg@minlnv.nl
Tsimafeeva Veronika (Ms)
National Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden, Surganova Street 2B, 220012 MINSK (BY) - +375-172842215 - +375-172842590 - Veronika-2003@tut.by
Uludag Ahmet (Mr)
Izmir Zirai Karantina Müdürlügü, Liman Cad. No: 25, Alsancak, 35240 IZMIR (TR) - +90-2324634911 - Ext 133 - +90-2324630994 - ahuludag@yahoo.com
Yaacoby Tuvia (Mr)
Plant Protection and Inspection Services, P.O. Box 78, 50250 BET-DAGAN (IL) - +972-39681525 - +972-39681582 - yaacoby@agri.huji.ac.il ; tobyy@moag.gov.il
Zitkuviene Rasa (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Kalvariju str. 62, LT-09304 VILNIUS (LT) - +370-52754353 - +370-52752128 - vaatra@vaat.lt
Van Opstal Nico (Mr)
Brunel Sarah (Ms)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) +33 1 45 20 77 94 - +33 1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.int
Observers
Gninenko Anton (Mr)
Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, 1/11 Orlikov pereulok, 107139 MOSCOW (RU) - +7 499 975 49 42 - +7 495 607 80 46 - uprfitonadzor@gmail.com ; skupova@yandex.ru
Valentidi Yana (Ms)
Interpreter, Rostov Division, Federal State Institution "All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center", 20-th Line street, 344037 ROSTOV-NA-DONU (RU) - +7 495 607 15 81 - +7 499 975 53 96 - uprfitonadzor@gmail.com ; skupova@yandex.ru
Kaçan Koray (Mr)
Bornova Plant Protection Research Institute, Genclik Caddesi No:6, 35040 BORNOVA-IZMIR (TR) - +90 232 388 00 30/148 - +90 232 374 16 53 - koraykacan@bzmae.gov.tr
Turkseven Suleyman (Mr)
Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, IZMIR (TR) - +90 232 388 40 00 - ext 2430 - suleyman.turkseven@ege.edu.tr