ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY COMMISSION
AGENDA: IN-SESSION SEMINAR ON INVASIVE SPECIES:
REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN COMBATING THREATS
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
27 August 2002
9:00am Opening Session
Introduction to APFC “Invasive Species: regional co-operation in combating threats”
Aru Mathias, Forester, FAO/SAPA, Apia, Samoa
9:20am The ecological and economic impact of invasive species in China
Wu Jian, Chief of the Division of Pest Control, Department of Afforestation, State Forestry, Beijing, China
9:40am The ecological and economic impact of invasive species in India
P.S. Ramakrishnan, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
10:00am Coffee Break
10:20am The costs of invasive forest insects and diseases in the United States
Nancy Lorimer, Assistant Station Director, Northeast Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Minnesota, United States
10:40am Invasive plant species in Samoa
Talie Foliga, Senior Parks and Reserves Officer, Division of Environment
And Conservation, Department of Lands, Surveys and Environment, Apia,
Samoa
11:00am The ecological and economic impact of invasive species in New Zealand
Chris Baddeley, Team Leader for Biosecurity Policy, Ministry of Agriculture
and Forestry, Wellington, New Zealand
11:20am Discussion
12:00am Closing
