20.500.12556/DiRROS-12889 Challenges and solutions in early detection, rapid response and communication about potential invasive alien species in forests Invasive alien species (IAS) are an important threat to forests. One of the best ways to manage potential IAS is through early detection and rapid response (EDRR) strategies. However, when dealing with IAS in forests, EU regulations are divided between phytosanitary regulations and IAS regulations. A version of EDRR for the former has been in place in the EU for more than 15 years while the latter is still in the process of being implemented. During 2019, a workshop was held to gather international experts on different plant health pests and IAS. The purpose of this workshop was to identify the opportunities and difficulties in applying the EDRR system in the EU phytosanitary and IAS legislation to four species for providing suggestions to improve the EDRR system. The model species are well known and come from different trophic levels. These species were the American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis); and the plant health pests Geosmithia morbida and Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). We identified the similarities in the challenges of early detection, rapid response and communication of these species. For all species, difficulties in species identification, knowledge gaps on the pathways of spread, a lack of resources and uncertainty over which national government service was the competent authority were identified as the main challenges. Other challenges like public perception for the grey squirrel or methodological problems were species-specific. Regarding the rapid response: public perception, determination of the eradication area, sufficient scientific capacity and the lack of resources were common challenges for all species. Therefore, collaboration between institutes dealing with plant health pests and IAS can lead to better control of both groups of unwanted %organisms in forests. early warning system plant health legislation EU IAS legislation alien species Geosmithia morbida Emerald ash borer American pokeweed Grey squirrel rapid response system sistem zgodnjega opozarjanja zdravstveno varstvo rastlin Geosmithia morbida EU tujerodne vrste true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen Neznano 2020-12-11 10:44:32 2020-12-11 10:44:33 2022-08-19 03:35:29 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Nasl. iz nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 24. 11. 2020; str. 637-660 iss. 4 Vol. 11 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 630*4 1989-8649 10.3391/mbi.2020.11.4.02 39047427 523569177 RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_i2020.pdf RAZ_De_Groot_Maarten_i2020.pdf 1 EFB0F8F7850F46CBFD5B9EE95CE983FD 9c599cf5b02f9b1f336f333cd62993850deba26169ec017f874aa9b0d678ffe1 f7f1de4c-17b6-11ed-b6b8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=20138 https://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2020/Issue4.aspx 1 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=15849 Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije 0 0 0