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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #087 Sat Jun 09 2001 - 13:16:10 PDT --CONTENTS-- 1. Cooperative Weed Management Areas (Idaho/Oregon/Washington) 2. Invasive Species Initiative Business Plan (Global) --------------------------------------- 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://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/newsnotes.html --------------------------------------- 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! |
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