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Invasive species
0. Are you aware of IAS work in your country?
Austria: Yes
Belgium: Yes
Bulgaria: Yes
Czech Republic: Yes
Denmark: Yes
Estonia: Yes
France: Yes
Italy: Yes
Malta: Yes
Norway: Yes
Lithuania: Yes
Turkey: Yes
Ireland: -
EU: +
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Invasive species
1. Is there any indicator of this type developed in your country?
Austria: Under development
Belgium: Yes, an indicator for alien species established since The worst ones (some) being monitored. Cost data being collected.
Bulgaria: No official indicator established
Czech Republic: Official ias lists published. Indicators will be produced (e.g. proportion alien/native)
Denmark: Yes, same as SEBI2010 as regards cumulative numbers. A national list of worst ias.
Estonia: No official indicator
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Invasive species
1. Is there any indicator of this type developed in your country?
France: Plans to develop an indicator
Italy: Official lists on alien, ias, and worst ias exist
Marine environment: cumulative numbers (official)
Malta: Official lists of alien species, ias specified
Norway: Official ’black list’ published (= worst ias)
Lithuania: An indicator will reflecting spread of ias will be developed (2008)
Turkey: Yes
EU: +
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2. Is there any problem of definition linked to this indicator?
General:
France: Information from overseas provinces under development, times more ias
UK: ´Indicator difficult to approach’
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2. Is there any problem of definition linked to this indicator?
Definition of ’alien’:
Time of introduction
1492/1500
50-years back (older introductions considered native)
’Archeobiota’ before 1700 (scientific judgement) – 1600/1750
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2. Is there any problem of definition linked to this indicator?
Definition of ’alien’:
Country/region/ecosystem
National list (Country)
National + selected regions (Eg France for Mediterranean)
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2. Is there any problem of definition linked to this indicator?
Official/ Legal definition of ’invasive’:
Belgium has an ’official’ classification system based on impact and invasion stage as a basis for the type of list an alien species is placed.
EC is expected to present guidelines for actions 2008
Invasive species officially identified by Austria.
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Invasive species
2. Is there any problem of definition linked to this indicator?
Taxonomy of species:
A massive problem
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3. Is there any database/dataset ?
Austria: Yes a national survey of ias was carried out in 2002;
Invasive species distinguished from all the alien
Belgium: No established dataflow; specific monitoring of (some) of the worst. Costs of eradication (some species) are collected.
Bulgaria: Scientific data being collected. Discussions on creation of a national database.
Czech Republic: Good datasets established on plants, fragmented data on animals
Denmark: Yes (Nobanis)
Estonia: Datasets collected by different institutes
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3. Is there any database/dataset ?
France: Datasets available at different institutes
Italy: scientific data (all environments) used by official agencies. A common database CIESM exist for all Mediterranean Sea.
Malta: Data collected by the Environmental Agency
Norway: Nobanis + Species databank (official)
Lithuania: Nobanis + Ias included in the national monitoring programme (2007-) – worst
Turkey: Ias data is being collected
EU: Nobanis, Daisie
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4. Other comments
EU/EEA: SEBI2010 EG5 strategy to add info to the worst list, to develop response and cost indicators
Austria: Yes....
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5. Main conclusions
Austria: Yes....
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