Description: Das Projekt "Non-indigenous insects and their threat to biodiversity and economy in the Balkans" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: CABI Biosciene, Switzerland.Invasive alien species are recognized as one of the leading threats to biodiversity. They also impose enormous costs on agriculture, forestry and human health. In Europe and elsewhere, most countries are presently developing national and international strategies to assess the full scope of the danger represented by invasive non-indigenous species, and to take the necessary measures to prevent and manage the threat effectively. The initial step in a national programme against non-indigenous species must be a survey of the species already established in the country, as well as those species which are likely to invade the country in the near future, together with their perceived, actual and potential economic and environmental impact. In this project, we propose to carry out an inventory of non-indigenous insects in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania. The general objective of the project is to provide these three countries wit information on invasive alien insects in the Balkans and to develop local expertise in the field of invasive alien species management. This will allow the development of national strategies against alien insects, and non-indigenous organisms in general. Firstly, a database on non-indigenous insects established in Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania will be set up. Then, we will provide informative fact sheets for the 30-40 main invasive, or potentially invasive, insects in the region. Finally, we will analyse the data to extract information on pathways, species or ecosystems traits that make them prone to invasion, and we will incorporate these analyses into similar studies carried out as part of on-going European projects on risk and impact assessment. In addition, as a case study, we are assessing the impact of the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella, an invasive moth which first appeared in the Balkans in the 1980s before spreading to the whole of Europe, and which is suspected to threaten the few remaining endemic stands of horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) in the Balkans.
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Motte ? Kastanie ? Insekt ? Rosskastanie ? Bulgarien ? Pferd ? Umweltauswirkung ? Brunnen ? Balkan ? Invasive Arten ? Einheimische Tierart ? Insektenvielfalt ? Gefährdete Arten ? Kataster ? Gebietsfremde Art ? Mazedonien ? Endemie ? Ackerfläche ? Daten ? Fallstudie ? Geodäsie ? Management ? Mensch ? Risikoanalyse ? Studie ? Wirkungsanalyse ? Wirkung ? Menschliche Gesundheit ? Europa ? Landwirtschaft ? Ökosystem ? Organismen ? Risiko ? Umwelt ? Wirtschaft ? Bebauung ? Gebiet ? Datenbank ? Kosten ? Maßnahme ? Biodiversität ? Forstwirtschaft ? Gesundheit ? Gutachten ? Strategische Aspekte ? BEDROHT ? PFAD ? POTENZIAL ? PROJEKT ? TEIL ? VORSCHLAGEN ? BEWERTEN ? Bergmann ? EIN ? ENTWICKLUNG ? INDIGEN ? LAENDER ? LAND ? Art [Spezies] ? NATIONAL ? OEKONOMISCH ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2006-01-01 - 2008-12-31
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