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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #087
Sat Jun 09 2001 - 13:16:10 PDT
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1. Cooperative Weed Management Areas (Idaho/Oregon/Washington)
2. Invasive Species Initiative Business Plan (Global)
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1. Cooperative Weed Management Areas (Idaho/Oregon/Washington)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
The document on Cooperative Weed Management Areas that Alan Holt mentioned
in the #085 Wildland Invasive Species Team listserve message is now
posted on our website. You can download it in versions readable by MS Word
or Adobe Acrobat. The web url is:
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/newsnotes.html
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2. Invasive Species Initiative Business Plan (Global)
From: John Randall (jarandall(at)ucdavis.edu)
The business plan for TNC's Invasive Species Initiative is now available
on our program's website. This
Initiative is designed to give TNC a far more comprehensive and
coordinated approach to abating threats from invasive plants, animals and
microbes in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Its creation was
inspired by several factors, including:
* Recent summaries of site plans applied through Conservation By Design
identified invasive alien species as the most widespread, critical threat
to conservation targets
* The consequent realization that our current programs and efforts are
clearly not adequate by themselves.
The business plan centers on four strategies:
Strategy 1: Elevate the political profile of the invasive alien species
issue to establish new funding and policy support for invasive species
management in the U.S. and internationally.
Strategy 2: Invest strategically in new research partnerships to fill the
enormous gaps in our practical knowledge of invasive species management.
Strategy 3: Enhance the capacity of field programs to manage invasive
species and mitigate their impacts on priority landscapes.
Strategy 4: Team with business and government in a public-private
communications campaign that conveys the urgency of this issue and the
promise of real progress through practical action.
The business plan is an internal TNC document, prepared to advise the
staff and volunteer leadership. It is also being shared with external
partners on an informal basis, but should not be distributed, reproduced,
or quoted without the permission of The Nature Conservancy. More detailed
operational plans for the Initiative are already being developed but are
not yet available.
The Initiative Steering committee (Alan Holt [chair], Maggie Coon, Elliot
Marks, Liz Chornesky, Kristine Ciruna, Randy Curtis and John Randall) is
continuing to recruit and interview candidates for Invasives Initiative
Executive Director. This committee has also been given clear support and
approval to proceed with the Invasives Initiative as TNC re-organizes. We
will keep you posted as new developments occur!