Forest health

Links - forest health and invasive species

FAO

• Invasive species: impacts on forests and forestry
• Agricultural biodiversity in FAO
• Biosecurity in forestry
• FAO Priority Area for Inter-disciplinary Action - Biosecurity for agriculture and food production
• FAO Technical Consultation on Biological Risk Management in Food and Agriculture, Bangkok, Thailand, 13-17 January 2003. Reference document
• Forest health
• International Portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health (IPFSAPH) - Invasive alien species
• Multilingual Glossary Forest Genetic Resources - FAO and the IUFRO SilvaVoc Terminology Project

Plant protection and forest health

• International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) - a multilateral treaty for cooperation in plant protection.
• International Forestry Quarantine Research Group
- advisory body to the IPPC.
• International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures
• Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) of the IPPC:
  • Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission
  • Comunidad Andina
  • Comite de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur
  • European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
  • Inter-African Phytosanitary Council
  • North American Plant Protection Organization
  • Organismo Internacional Regional De Sanidad Agropecuaria
  • Pacific Plant Protection Organization
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) - Division 7 - Forest Health - This division includes research on: physiological and genetic interactions between trees and harmful biotic impacts, including resistance mechanisms: biological and applied aspects of tree diseases; environment/pathogen interactions in forest decline; the biology and control of forest tree insects; impacts of air pollution on forest trees and forest ecosystems, including diagnosis, monitoring, biology, genetics and treatment of polluted forests.
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Plant Protection and Quarantine - United States Department of Agriculture, Marketing and Regulatory Programs
• Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria

Integrated Pest Management

• Compendium of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Definitions
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Glossary

Networks

• Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA)
• African Forest Research Network (AFORNET)
• African Tree Pest Management Network
• Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN)
• Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)
• Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) Invasives Information Network (I3N)
• Nordic-Baltic Network on Invasive Species (NOBANIS)
• The Nature Conservancy, Invasive Species Learning Networks

Pest information sources

• Asian longhorned beetle, University of Vermont Entomology Research Laboratory
• Asian longhorned beetle, Global Invasive Species Database
• Bugwood Network - large bank of information on pests
• Entomology and Pathology information - Canadian Forest Service
• Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health - University of Georgia, US
• Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
• Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Government, Australia - Timber pests
• Ecoport - a comprehensive database of biological information.
• Edible insects (FAO news article)
• Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America
• Forest Health Protection (FHP), USDA Forest Service - provides information on more than 90 forest pests.
• Insect and insect-related sites - Extension Computer Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
• Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), World Conservation Union (IUCN).
• Global Invasive Species Programme
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) - World Conservation Union (IUCN)
• Invasive.org - Joint project of the University of Georgia's Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ
• National Park Service Integrated Pest Management provides descriptions of the biology and management of 21 species or categories of pests.
• Very good sites on the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar: Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service and Forest Pests Of North America
• List of invasive alien species (IAS) online information systems - Compiled for the Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)
• Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk - provides information on plant species that threaten Pacific Island ecosystems, particularly those of Micronesia, American Samoa and Niue.
• Pests of export concern - Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS)
• PestTracker - National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS), US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
• Phytosanitary Alert System - North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO)
• Prosopis in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya – A case of ecological meltdown? - Research Fellow Partnership Programme for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources (RFPP), Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ETH)
• Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TCPC) - illustrated pamphlets on a number of important insect pests and diseases
• USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area - has a good site on Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis ) and other hot topics in forest health.

Listservers

• AFRIK-IPM - listserv for integrated pest management (IPM) professionals throughout sub-Saharan Africa
• Aliens-L - managed by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group
• Alien Plant Working Group listserv - US National Park Service
• ARBO_BYTES - for scientific discussion of vector-borne diseases; managed by Rutgers University
• COMTF-L - covers sudden oak death and other diseases caused by Phytopthora ramorum in California; Maintained by the College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley
• Enviroweeds list server - Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) for Australian Weed Management
• Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - alien invasive plants in Florida
• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) - list of HEAR managed listservs
• iabinfriends - listserv of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
• Invasive Species Initiative - The Nature Conservancy
• ma-eppc - Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council - addresses the problem of alien invasive plants in the middle Atlantic region of the US
• Noxious weeds - US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• Pest Alert-L - maintained by the University of Florida and covers invasive species problems in Florida
• PestNet - covers plant protection and quarantine issues in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
• ProMED-mail - global listserv reporting outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases and toxins; International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Directories

• Directory of entomology departments and institutes, Scientific Reference Resources
• Directory of entomological societies, Scientific Reference Resources
• World directory of forest pathologists and entomologists - International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO)

Other

• Invasives - monthly newsletter of the Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (AFPISN)
• Short Subjects and Timely Tips for Pesticide Users - newsletter of the Pesticide Management and Coordination Program, Forest Health Protection, USDA Forest Service