Forewarned is forearmed! Progress in development of the U.S. National Early Detection and Rapid Response System for invasive plants: Proposal for a North American early warning system for invasive plants
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Abstract
Currently, a National Early Detection and Rapid Response System (EDRR) for Invasive Plants is being developed in the United States. Conceptually, the system is a coordinated framework of local, state, and national interagency groups that is designed to prevent the establishment and spread of new invasive plants through early detection and reporting of suspected new invaders, identification and vouchering of specimens by cooperating botanists, archiving of confirmed new records in regional and national plant databases, rapid assessment of confirmed new exotic species by federal and state scientists, and rapid control response to new incursions that can be eradicated. A National EDRR Framework is also being developed in Canada, through the work of the federal ministries, as well as provincial invasive species councils. With a functional EDRR communications structure in place in Canada and the U.S., a North American Early Warning System for Invasive Plants can be developed to help publicize information about new and emerging invasive plants across the continent.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Forewarned is forearmed! Progress in development of the U.S. National Early Detection and Rapid Response System for invasive plants: Proposal for a North American early warning system for invasive plants |
| ISBN | 978-0-9811963-0-5 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alberta Invasive Plants Council |
| Contributing office(s) | National Wetlands Research Center |
| Description | 11 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | Proceedings of 2008 Weeds Against Borders |
| First page | 155 |
| Last page | 165 |
| Conference Title | Weeds Against Borders |
| Conference Location | Banff, Alberta, Canada |
| Conference Date | May 27-30, 2008 |
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