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This volume is based on papers presented at "The Norway/United
Nations (UN) Conference on Alien Species" which was hosted by the
Norwegian Ministry of the Environment in collaboration with the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat of the
Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the International
Conservation Union (lDCN) and the Scientific Committee on Problems
of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of
Scientific Unions (ICSU). The organisation and sponsoring of the
conference was also a joint venture between the Norwegian Ministry
of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of
Fisheries and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Conference was
held at Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim, Norway, 1-5 July 1996. This
was the second Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity, the first
being the NorwaylUNEP Expert Conference on Biodiversity, 24-28 May
1993. The conference was organised by the Norwegian Directorate of
Nature Management, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
(NINA) and the Norwegian University for Science and Technology
(NTNU) and its Centre for Environment and Development (SMU), all
based in Trondheim. These institutions are all active in the fields
of management, education and research related to biological
diversity. Weare extremely grateful for the support we have
received from all these national and international institutions.
Invasive alien species are among today's most daunting
environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic
damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997,
a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and
CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) with
the explicit objective of providing new tools for understanding and
coping with invasive alien species. "Invasive Alien Species is the
final report of GISP's first phase of operation, 1997-2000, in
which authorities from more than thirty countries worked to examine
invasions as a worldwide environmental hazard. The book brings
together the world's leading scientists and researchers involved
with invasive alien species to offer a comprehensive summary and
synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the subject.
Invasive alien species represent a critical threat to natural
ecosystems and native biodiversity, as well as to human economic
vitality and health. The knowledge gained to date in understanding
and combating invasive alien species can form a useful basis on
which to build strategies for controlling or minimizing the effects
in the future. "Invasive Alien Species is an essential reference
for the international community of investigators concerned with
biological invasions.
Invasive alien species are among today's most daunting
environmental threats, costing billions of dollars in economic
damages and wreaking havoc on ecosystems around the world. In 1997,
a consortium of scientific organizations including SCOPE, IUCN, and
CABI developed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) with
the explicit objective of providing new tools for understanding and
coping with invasive alien species.
Invasive Alien Species is the final report of GISP's first phase
of operation, 1997-2000, in which authorities from more than thirty
countries worked to examine invasions as a worldwide environmental
hazard. The book brings together the world's leading scientists and
researchers involved with invasive alien species to offer a
comprehensive summary and synthesis of the current state of
knowledge on the subject.
Invasive alien species represent a critical threat to natural
ecosystems and native biodiversity, as well as to human economic
vitality and health. The knowledge gained to date in understanding
and combating invasive alien species can form a useful basis on
which to build strategies for controlling or minimizing the effects
in the future. Invasive Alien Species is an essential reference for
the international community of investigators concerned with
biological invasions.
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