Friday, December 8, 2017

Managing non-native species and building a risk assessment checklist

Managing non-native species and building a risk assessment checklist

(From: THE APPLIED ECOLOGIST'S BLOGBRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, AND PRACTITIONERS, AND POLICYMAKERS
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Helen Roy discusses her recent Policy Direction, Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species and the challenges of producing a 14-step checklist for quality assurance in invasive species risk assessment.


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Terri Hogan, Invasive Plant Program Manager



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