Feasibility of Eradication and Spread Limitation for Species of Union Concern Sensu the Eu Ias Regulation (Eu 1143/2014) in Belgium
Report prepared in support of implementing the IAS regulation in Belgium Authors: Adriaens, T., Branquart, E., Gosse, D., Reniers, J., Vanderhoeven, S. FEASIBILITY OF ERADICATION AND SPREAD LIMITATION FOR SPECIES OF UNION CONCERN SENSU THE EU IAS REGULATION (EU 1143/2014) IN BELGIUM Acknowledgements We are grateful to Olaf Booy (UK Non-Native Species Secretariat), Peter Robertson and Aileen Mill (Newcastle University) for in- depth discussions on the manageability protocol, the sharing of information and their openness for collaboration. We thank Sander Devisscher for data handling and the production of the distribution maps and summary tables. We thank Hugo Verreycken, Luc Denys, Jo Packet and Pieter Boets for comments on some of the scenarios and strategies. Maxime Coupremanne assisted in gathering literature. We are grateful to the Belgian Committee on Invasive Alien Species for discussions and support. We thank INBO for financially supporting the workshop organization. We thank Sander Devisscher and Maxime Coupremanne for their practical help during the workshop, as well as Vincent Fiévet and Jim Casaer for the help they provided with the live translation during the workshop discussions. We thank all of the assessors who willingly provided their assessments on the feasibility of management for the Union List species in Belgium (Annex 3): Adrien Latli, Alain De Vocht, Anne-Laure Jacquemart, Arnaud Monty, Bart Vandevoorde, Bram D’hondt, Denis Parkinson, Dido Gosse, Diederik Strubbe, Elena Tricarico, Etienne Branquart, Filip Verloove, Frank Huysentruyt, Gerald Louette, Hugo Verreycken, Iris Stiers, Jane Reniers, Jim Casaer, Jo Packet, Johan van Valkenburg, Koen van Roeyen, Luc Baufay, Luc Denys, Marijke Thoonen, Paul Stebbins, Pieter Boets, Quentin Groom, Quentin Rome, Sam Provoost, Sarah Descamps, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Tim Adriaens, Vinciane Schockert, Wouter Van Landuyt.
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