Sentences with phrase «invasive alien»

There has been considerable media coverage in recent times in relation to the prevalence of Japanese Knotweed and other Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) in building sites and in close proximity to dwellings and the risks associated with this.

Episodic wet periods may increase vulnerability to invasive alien species and subsequent fire outbreaks and this, combined with land overuse, will increase vulnerability to degradation and desertification (Dukes and Mooney, 1999; Dube and Pickup, 2001; Holmgren and Scheffer, 2001; Brooks et al., 2004; Geist and Lambin, 2004; Lioubimtseva and Adams, 2004).

Smith, A. L., N. Hewitt, N. Klenk, D. R. Bazely, N. Yan, S. Wood, I. Henriques, J. I. MacLellan, and C. Lipsig - Mummé, 2012: Effects of climate change on the distribution of invasive alien species in Canada: A knowledge synthesis of range change projections in a warming world.

Effects of climate change on the distribution of invasive alien species in Canada: A knowledge synthesis of range change projections in a warming world

«[b] y failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivize renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperilled biosphere.»

100 of the world's worst invasive alien species: a selection from the global invasive species database.

15.8 by 2020 introduce measures to prevent the introduction and significantly reduce the impact of invasive alien species on land and water ecosystems, and control or eradicate the priority species

The CoW also forwarded to plenary, for adoption, amended draft Resolutions on the: revised proposal to add the lion (Panthera leo) to Appendix II (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP4); impacts of invasive alien species (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP5); and review of decisions (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP6).

«Except in its native Africa, in the other continents Homo sapiens can be considered as an invasive alien species,» write researchers Policarp Hortolà and Bienvenido Martínez - Navarro of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain.

Invasive alien species have a substantial and growing impact globally, economically, culturally, and biologically.

One of the greatest threats includes the presence of invasive alien species, particularly rats (Rattus) and mice (Mus pp.).

One of the greatest threats includes the presence of damaging invasive alien species, particularly rats (Rattus) and mice (Mus spp.).

Conservation and management actions will include extending the habitat into favourable adjacent areas, implementing measures to reduce the risk of fires, and removal of invasive alien plant species.

Such findings have led to the development of different approaches to surveying and monitoring other invasive alien species.

Starlings are considered one of the world's worst invasive alien species, and have been likened to «cane toads with wings» in Australia.

Co-author Dr Helen Roy from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said, «This study demonstrates the value of a citizen science approach for tracking an invasive alien species in both space and time and understanding how environmental conditions may exacerbate spread.»

«[T] he proposed cap of 50 [invasive alien] species for action, with a review of that list possible only after 5 years, is a serious shortcoming in the proposal,» Paul Walton said in a statement.

A new paper published in the Journal of Biogeography today (13 October 2014) concludes that the harlequin ladybird, an invasive alien species first recorded in the UK in 2004, has a preference for urban areas and sunnier habitats.

Spatial survival analysis has been widely applied in disease epidemiology but rarely applied to explore the spread of invasive alien species.

This is the only land planarian in the» 100 worst invasive alien species» list and it has now been found in additional localities including islands in the Pacific area, Puerto Rico, the first record in the Caribbean, and the first report in mainland U.S., in Florida.

Despite some local successes and increasing responses (including extent and biodiversity coverage of protected areas, sustainable forest management, policy responses to invasive alien species, and biodiversity - related aid), the rate of biodiversity loss does not appear to be slowing.

Most indicators of the state of biodiversity (covering species» population trends, extinction risk, habitat extent and condition, and community composition) showed declines, with no significant recent reductions in rate, whereas indicators of pressures on biodiversity (including resource consumption, invasive alien species, nitrogen pollution, overexploitation, and climate change impacts) showed increases.

Soil contaminated with invasive alien species can also be easily transported via sea containers.

For years we have been told that invasive alien species are driving native ones to extinction and eroding the integrity of ancient ecosystems.

Professor Jaimie Dick and Queen's PhD student Jenny Barbour were key organisers of the FINS conference, which was called specifically with the aim of assessing the current position regarding invasive alien species in Europe.

The call to action follows the publication of a paper «Tackling Invasive Alien Species in Europe: the Top 20 Issues», in the peer - reviewed journal Management of Biological Invasions.

26.6 %: estimated proportion of marine fish species (for which trend data exist) that have declining populations, due to unsustainable fishing, habitat degradation, invasive alien species, eutrophication and climate change

+ / - 500,000: km2 of land is degraded due to factors such as deforestation, unsustainable agriculture, overgrazing, uncontrolled mining activities, invasive alien species and climate change, leading to soil erosion, salinization, pollution, and loss of vegetation or soil fertility

37 %: share of aquatic and semi-aquatic species in the region's freshwater ecosystems threatened by, among others, climate change, overfishing, pollution, infrastructure development and invasive alien species

In every region, with the exception of a number of positive examples where lessons can be learned, biodiversity and nature's capacity to contribute to people are being degraded, reduced and lost due to a number of common pressures — habitat stress; overexploitation and unsustainable use of natural resources; air, land and water pollution; increasing numbers and impact of invasive alien species and climate change, among others.

Such measures include the establishment and effective management of protected areas and networks of wildlife corridors; restoration of degraded ecosystems; control of invasive alien species and reintroduction of wild animals.

AUSTRALIA»S invasive alien insects should watch out.

In addition to guiding all aspects of NISC Secretariat operations, Jamie is currently providing the leadership necessary to develop an Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan under the Arctic Council's Conservation of Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Marine Environment (PAME) working groups; produce a documentary on invasive species entitled, Protecting What Matters; establish an annual Innovation Summit to advance U.S. scientific and technical capacities to address the most pressing invasive species issues; and raise the capacity of other governments to more effectively institutionalize invasive species programs.

BASC policy manager Dr. Conor O'Gorman said «This is a short but important survey organised by the European Commission asking for views on how to manage invasive alien species.

«By failing to adequately limit population growth, reassess the role of an economy rooted in growth, reduce greenhouse gases, incentivize renewable energy, protect habitat, restore ecosystems, curb pollution, halt defaunation, and constrain invasive alien species, humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperiled biosphere.»

There are now six species of mosquitoes in Hawaii and all are invasive aliens.

Not exact matches

«Among the 20 issues identified is the need to raise awareness of biosecurity across Europe and the implementation of European - wide legislation for this; the dedication of resources for the long - term management of invasive species; the development of new technology to detect new invasives, and early warning systems to alert EU states to their spread; new European - wide risk assessment methods; emergency powers to eradicate alien species once they become established; and effective communications to raise awareness of invasive species, so the public will know what to look for and how to report it.»

When NASA warns that «invasive species may pose the single most formidable threat of natural disaster of the 21st century,» it is all too easy to picture the aliens from Independence Day dropping in on our planet to strip it bare.

ALIEN INVASION Burmese pythons, just one of the invasive reptiles now found in southern Florida and discussed in a new book, are consuming large numbers of mammals in the Everglades and nearby ecosystems.

Some 12,000 alien organisms have been detected in Europe, and between 10 % and 15 % are thought to be invasive, causing as much as $ 12 billion per year of damage to agriculture, infrastructure, and health.

University of Adelaide researchers in Australia, supported by the Invasive Animals Co-operative Research Centre, have developed a model of the likelihood of establishment of alien species of snakes and other reptiles if they are introduced to the wild, accidentally or on purpose.

[Alien Invaders: Destructive Invasive Species]

The data come from more than 150 years of bird - introduction records — including government reports, scientific papers, and observations by local experts — which were collected and analyzed as part of a European program called Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe.

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invasive species (also known as aliens) A species that is found living, and often thriving, in an ecosystem other than the one in which it evolved.

It is an alien invasive disease carried by alien invasive mosquitoes.

Book Review: Leslie Anthony, The aliens among us: How invasive species are transforming the planet — and ourselves.

The origins of the figure can be traced to two papers by Cornell's David Pimentel and his colleagues, [7, 8] in which the authors estimate «economic damages associated with alien invasive species.»

...» «Essentially the Highland wildcat is being eradicated by an alien invasive species: the domestic cat.»»

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