Invasive species: impacts on forests and forestry

Links - forest health and invasive species

FAO

• Invasive species: impacts on forests and forestry
• Biodiversity, FAO main site
• 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 Health - United States Department of Agriculture
• Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria
• Centre for Phytosanitary Excellence (COPE)-Africa

Integrated Pest Management

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

Networks

• Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN)
• Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA)
• Near East Network on Forest Health and Invasive Species (NENFHIS)
• Red de Países del Cono Sur sobre Especies Exoticas Invasoras a Ecosistemas Forestales  
• Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)
• Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) Invasives Information Network (I3N)
• European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS)
• The Nature Conservancy, Invasive Species Learning Networks

Pest information sources

• Asian longhorned beetle, University of Vermont Entomology Research Laboratory
• Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN) - Pest fact sheets
• Bugwood Network - large bank of information on pests
• BugwoodWiki
• Insects and diseases - Canadian Forest Service 
• Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health - University of Georgia, US
• Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
• Pests and diseases of forests and wood - Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland Government, Australia
• Ecoport - a comprehensive database of biological information.
• Edible insects (FAO)
• Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America
• FAO Forest Pest Species Profiles
• Forest Health Protection (FHP), USDA Forest Service - provides information on more than 90 forest pests.
• Global Invasive Species Database - Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG), World Conservation Union (IUCN).
• Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) - World Conservation Union (IUCN)
• Invasive Species - USDA Forest Service
• Invasive.org - Joint project of the University of Georgia's Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ
• 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.
• PaDIL - Pests and Diseases Image Library
• 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)
• Plant Biosecurity Toolbox (PBT)
• Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TCPC) - illustrated pamphlets on a number of important insect pests and diseases
• Xyleborini Ambrosia Beetles: An Identification Tool to the World Genera - created by Jiri Hulcr and Sarah M. Smith through collaboration among USDA/APHIS/PPQ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST), Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, University of California, and University of Wisconsin

Listservers

• Aliens-L - managed by the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group
• Alien Plant Working Group listserv - US National Park Service
• Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council - alien invasive plants in Florida
• Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA) listserv
• Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) - list of HEAR managed listservs
• I3N Listserv - listserv of the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN), Invasives Information Network (I3N)
• 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

• 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)