4th Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on Invasive Alien Species
Edinburgh, GB, 2004-04-05/07
The 4th meeting of the ad hoc Panel on Invasive Alien Species took place in Edinburgh (GB), at the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, on 2004-04-05/07, at the kind invitation of the Scottish Plant Protection Service. Thanks are due to Mrs Chard who kindly hosted and entertain the participants. The Panel had the opportunity to visit the Botanical Garden of Edinburgh, where Eichhornia crassipes (before escaping) can be seen. The Panel reviewed the results of the simplified questionnaire sent to EPPO countries. Two datasheets for Hydrocotyle ranunculoides and Solanum elaeagnifolium were presented, and a new format was drafted for datasheets, better adapted to plants. The Panel decided to add the following species to the Alert list : Crassula helmsii, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides and Solidago nemoralis. The Report of the Pest Risk Assessment for S. nemoralis was finalized and the Panel conducted the Pest Risk Management. The Pest Risk Assessment was also conducted for S. elaeagnifolium and for H. ranunculoides. Preliminary discussions took place on possible phytosanitary measures which could be applied to invasive plants. The EPPO declaration on plants was also discussed, and it was decided that the Secretariat will update it. The next Panel Meeting will be held in Strasbourg (FR) in 2005-10-13/15.
Participants
R. BAKER
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ (GB) - 44/1904 462220 – 44/1904462250 – r.baker@csl.gov.uk
S. BUHOLZER HONS
Agroscope FAL Reckenholz, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, 8046 Zürich (CH)- 41/13777231 - 41/13777201 – serge.buholzer@fal.admin.ch
J. CHARD (Ms)
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, East Craigs, Edinburgh EH12 8NJ (GB) Jane.Chard@sasa.gsi.gov.uk
L. CHARLES (Ms)
Compendia Office, CAB International, Wallingford 0X10 8DE (GB) - 44/1491 829388 – 44/1491 833508 – l.charles@cabi.org
I. DANCZA
Central Service for Plant Protection and Soil Conservation, Budaörsi u. 141-145, H-1118 Budapest (HU)
6/13091041 – 36/12462955 – danczai@@ontsz.hu
A. PENCE (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Pulkveza Brieza Str. 17, Riga LV1010 (LV) - 371/7323676 – 371/7322039 – agita.pence@vaad.gov.lv
G. SCHRADER (Ms)
Federal Biological Research Centre, Department for Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig (DE)
49/531 2993375 – 49/531 2993007 – g.schrader@bba.de
M.H.C.G. STEEGHS
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen (NL)
31/317 496630 – 31/317 421701 – m.h.c.g.steeghs@minlnv.nl
E. WEBER
Geobotanisches Institut, Zürichbergstrasse 38, CH-8099 Zürich (CH)
41/16327957 - 41/16321215 – ewald.weber@env.ethz.ch
R. ŽITKUVIENE (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Kalvariju str. 62, 2005 Vilnius (LT)- 370/52754353 – 370/52752128 – vaatra@vaat.lt
EPPO
I. M. SMITH, Director-General
M. SUFFERT (Ms)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 Paris (FR) - 33/1 45207794 – 33/1 42248943 – hq@eppo.fr