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… Strengthening pathway management of alien species in island ecosystems RECALLING Resolution 5.021 Implementing the … on invasive alien species of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 (Jeju, 2012); RE-EMPHASISING that … Ryukyu archipelago, Amamioshima, Tokunoshima and Okinawa Island, be considered for World Natural Heritage status; and …

… INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES a threat to biodiversity The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological … cause of species extinctions and population declines on island ecosystems worldwide. Invasive alien species pose a particular risk to Small Island Developing States by threatening the ecosystems, …

… say Join email/web-based Europe Overseas Forum to advance biodiversity and climate change action in Europe overseas … bioT British Indian Ocean Territoriy bvi British Virgin Island cbd Convention on Biological Diversity cc Climate … and Inaccessible Islands (both marine WHS), Henderson Island of Pit- cairn, Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland and the …

… to prepare and implement national conservation and biodiversity strategies. IUCN has approximately 1000 staff, … animal pests. The alien fruitflies that infest many of the island’s crops mean that Hawaiian produce is apparently … cost of USD 300 million per year (TNC, 1992). In the island of Guam, the alien invasive Brown tree snake (Boiga …

… human health consequences. Ecological impacts: They reduce biodiversity by displacing indigenous species through … the seafloor. Apart from their devastating impact on local biodiversity, the caulerpa beds impede commercial fishing and … invasives, which are recognised as the main threat to island biodiversity. However, land makes up less than 2% of …

… Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland Copyright: ©2006 Biodiversity Network Japan Reproduction of this publication … javanicus) on the native animal community on Amami-Oshima Island, southern Japan, as inferred from distribution … javanicus), to control operations on Amami- oshima Island, Japan S. Abe, F. Yamada, Y. Handa, Y. Takatsuki, Y. …

… 27 References 29 Appendix 1 32 Assessment of risk posed to biodiversity by non-native waterbird species within the AEWA … in an area in the west midlands of England and 93% on an island in Wales. The study concluded that shooting was the … (Snow & Perrins 1998). There is a small population on the island of Coll, Scotland, which has numbered over 100 birds, …

… as being one of the most significant threats to global biodiversity. Within the AEWA region, the majority of … of their native range have no obvious impacts on native biodiversity. However, other species of introduced waterbirds … into the effects introduced species have on native biodiversity should be encouraged, so that control schemes …

… than em- ploying ecological language such as ‘biodiversity’, ‘eco- systems’, or ‘ecosystem services’. Who … Davidson, N.C. & Delany, S. 1999. Biodiversity impacts of large dams: waterbirds. Appendix to: … Assessment. 2005. Ecosystems and human well-being. Island Press, Washington, D.C. Mitsch, W.J., and J.G. …

… problem. � A summary of the impacts of wetland disease on biodiversity, livestock and human health and its economic … in vulnerable isolated wildlife populations in human-made ‘island ecosystems’ which are at increased risk of diseases … (and immunologically naïve isolated populations, such as island species, tend to have relatively limited genetic …