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Clean Boats, Clean Ports - A Framework to Protect Pacific Island Countries and Territories from Invasive Species

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The clean boats, clean ports framework is a Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS) Protect our Islands (POI) initiative to enable countries to better secure international entry ports that are gateways to priority domestic destinations. This Battler Series publication supports the prevention of the spread of invasive species among islands within countries. The document outlines a flexible framework that recognises the diverse situations in Pacific island countries and territories and that capitalises on existing strengths, while highlighting achievable and aspirational targets. This publication is part of a collection of Battler guides on preventing the spread of invasive species in the Pacific region. For an introduction, read the Battler publications Protect our islands with biosecurity and Catch it early: invasive species early detection and rapid response. This guide is targeted for decision-makers prioritising improvements to prevent invasive species arriving, establishing, and spreading, to guide the implementation of targeted enhancements. The guide aligns with many aspects of the regional Guidelines and particularly C1. Biosecurity – Preventing the spread of invasive species across international or internal borders.

Create Sustainable Financing for Invasive Species Management

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Sustainable financing is about gaining access to funding in a way that can continue permanently for all the work that needs to be done and, typically, that does not rely on grants. Those involved in conservation or environmental management know how important funding is and how much effort is involved in getting the funding needed for projects and activities. The task of getting money is usually the role of the director or manager of an organisation. In the case of government departments, this responsibility typically lies with the finance manager.

Manage Marine Biosecurity in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Invasive marine species are organisms that are introduced to parts of the world where they do not naturally occur and which have negative impacts on people, the environment, or resources. Negative impacts from invasive marine species include outcompeting native species and driving economic impacts, such as through the loss of commercial fisheries or aquaculture harvest. Not all non-native species are ‘invasive’. Non-native marine species can come from many taxonomic groups, such as fish, crabs, oysters, mussels, seaweeds, barnacles, or sponges.

Session 30: Pacific Battler Lounge Managing Pigs in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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The Pacific battle Lounge is a place for casual interviews with key experts and pacific practitioners on key invasive species issues ion the pacific. The Battler Lounge will be regular key collaboration initiative moving forward. This Lounge session will focus on the different methods of managing pigs in the Pacific, discuss how the needs for food resources can be balanced with taking care of the environment, and look deeper at the different values communities place on pigs.

Session 26: Launch of the Pacific Battler Lounge 2020 Pacific Battler of the Year Award

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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The Pacific Battler Lounge is a place for casual interviews with key experts and Pacific practitioners on key invasive species issues in the Pacific. The Battler lounge will be a regular key collaboration initiative moving forward. This inaugural Lounge session will focus on several PRISMSS regional programmes and announce the 2020 Pacific Battle of the year.

Use natural enemies to manage widespread weeds in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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We are a diverse bunch of people in the Pacific region, which spans about one third of the earth's surface and encompasses about half of the global sea surface. Natural enemies can be used to restore natural balance between weeds and the environment by introducing the enemies where they are needed.

Protect our islands with biosecurity

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Many invasive plants are successful by producing large numbers of seeds easily transported by wind, water and animals. However invasions are started almost exclusively through the actions of people.

Build resilient ecosystems and communities by managing invasive species in high-priority sites

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Invasive species are leading driver of biodiversity loss in the Pacific. They impact ecosystem resilience, ecosystem services and the future ability to adapt to climate change.

Manage low-incidence priority weeds to conserve Pacific biodiversity

SPREP Publications, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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A weed is any plant that is in the wrong place and requires action to reduce its effect on the economy, environment, human health or amenity. Weeds are also known as invasive plants.

Trialling gene drives to control invasive species: what, where and how?

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Alphey, L.

Campbell, K.

Edgington, M.

Harvey-Samuel, T.

The control of invasive species would be enhanced through the addition of novel, more effective and sustainable pest management methods. One control option yet to be trialled in the field is to deploy transgene-based Gene Drives: technologies which force the inheritance of a genetic construct through the gene pool of a wild population, suppressing it or replacing it with a less harmful form. There is considerable interest in applying gene drives to currently intractable invasives across a broad taxonomic range. However, not all species will make efficient or safe targets for these technologies. Additionally, the safety and efficacy of these systems will vary according to where they are deployed, the specific molecular design chosen, and how these factors interact with the ecology of the target pest. Given the transformative but also controversial nature of gene drives, it is imperative that their first field trials are able to successfully demonstrate that they can be used safely and efficiently. Here, we discuss how to maximise the probability of this outcome through considering three important questions: What types of invasive species should we use to trial gene drives? Where should we be trialling them? and How should these trials be conducted? In particular, we focus on the ecological, genetic and geographic features of small, isolated islands which make them ideal locations for these initial trials. A case study of an island invasive that is deemed highly appropriate for gene drive intervention, and for which gene drive development is currently underway (Mus musculus), is used to further explore these concepts

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