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Country Reports Alien Species in Romania Country reports Alien Species in Romania Paulina Anastasiu¹, Laurenţiu Rozylowicz², Marius Skolka³, Cristina Preda3,4, Daniyar Memedemin³, Dan Cogălniceanu³,* ¹ Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Intr. Portocalelor, 060101 Bucharest, Romania ² Center for Environmental Research and Impact Studies, University of Bucharest, 1 Nicolae Bălcescu Av., 010041 Bucharest, Romania ³ Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, “Ovidius” University of Constanţa, 1 Aleea Universităţii, corp B, 900470 Constanţa, Romania 4 Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolution Unit, University of Fribourg, 10 Ch. du Musée, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland *Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected] Abstract We have compiled a list of 982 alien species reported in Romania from public databases, scientific literature and our own data. The most abundant group are plants with 490 species, followed by terrestrial animals with 390 species (of which 90% are invertebrates), and aquatic organisms with 102 species (44 freshwater and 58 marine). Most alien species originate from North America and Southeast Asia and were introduced accidentally. A series of management measures are considered at national level aimed at the prevention, early detection and response, and management of naturalised species. Keywords Romania, invertebrates, neophyte, invasive alien species, introduction rate 76 Country reports 1. The present state of alien IAS, and the reintroduction of native species listed species management in Romania in the annexes of the EU Birds and Habitats Direc- tives (adopted in Romania by emergency ordinance In recent years, invasive alien species (IAS) have 57/2007 and later by Law 49/2011). There is no become a high-profile policy worldwide. IAS are a national list of alien species or IAS provided by the major threat that requires international coopera- ministry, only the reference and link of the Pan-Eu- tion and a multidisciplinary approach at different ropean Inventory of Alien Species DAISIE website levels: academic, administrative and local commu- (http://www.europe-aliens.org/). While the DAISIE nities. Taking measures to limit the impact of IAS is list was the result of an extensive collaborative proj- also a compulsory requirement of the countries that ect, no institution from Romania was involved, so the are parties to international conventions. Romania usefulness of the database is limited at national level. has signed both the Convention on Biological Diver- The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan sity and the Bern Convention. The Convention on (2011) criticise the absence of a clear national record Biological Diversity (ratified by Law 58/1994) has of the number of invasive alien species and state that identified IAS as a major cross-cutting theme. This an assessment of the number of listed species pres- global treaty requires Parties “as far as possible and ent in Romania that are part of the DAISIE database as appropriate, (to) prevent the introduction of, con- is necessary. trol or eradicate those alien species which threaten Romania presently lags behind many other coun- ecosystems, habitats or species” (Article 8h). In 2002, tries of the world that have developed strategic the CBD Conference of the Parties adopted a specif- frameworks to address IAS in a holistic way. Whilst ic Decision and Guiding Principles to help Parties Europe’s complex characteristics can make it harder implement this requirement. The Decision urges Par- to develop and implement common trade and move- ties, other governments and relevant organisations to ment policies, this should not be used to postpone prioritise the development of IAS strategies and action decisive and balanced action. The common trade and plans at national and regional levels and to promote movement policy for the plant health sector devel- and implement the CBD Guiding Principles. oped under the European and Mediterranean Plant The Bern Convention (Convention on the con- Protection Organization (EPPO) shows that coordi- servation of wildlife and natural habitats in Europe), nation and cooperation is feasible. adopted by Romania (Law 13/1993), requires “to The impacts of many past invasions could have strictly control the introduction of non-native spe- been reduced if European States had uniform- cies” (Article 11.2.b). Since 1984, a range of actions ly applied the best appropriate practices and taken has been initiated for a more effective implementation rapid action to eradicate the introduced species fol- of this article. These include the adoption of Standing lowing early detection. Most biological invasions Committee recommendations on general IAS issues now threatening Europe might have been prevent- and specific problems, production of technical reports, ed by greater awareness of IAS issues and a stronger organisation of workshops and establishment of an commitment to address them. Current inaction in IAS Experts’ Group. Recognising the threat posed by many - though not all – European states and sectors alien species, the Council of Europe has adopted the may threaten the region’s biodiversity, public health European strategy on invasive alien species (Genove- and economic interests. In line with international si and Shine 2011). policy, it is now essential to develop efficient coop- In 2009 the Romanian Ministry of the Envi- eration at a national and regional level to prevent or ronment issued a ministerial order (979/2009) on minimise the adverse impacts of IAS. The present sit- the introduction of alien species, intervention on uation in Romania according to the Third National Alien Species in Romania 77 Report CBD (2005) is characterised by: low public Definitions awareness and opposition to government interven- tion and regulations; shortage and inaccessibility of Alien species refers to all species and subspecies scientific information (for species identification, risk introduced outside their natural habitat, both past and analysis, detection and mitigation techniques, etc.); present, from all taxonomic groups. This includes any absence of clear and agreed priorities for action; ease part of the organism: gametes, seeds, eggs, or propa- of introduction and movement, inadequate inspection gules that might survive and later reproduce. We will and quarantine; inadequate monitoring capacity; lack not consider in the present report viruses, prions, bac- of effective emergency response measures; outdated teria, domestic stray animals and genetically modified or inadequate legislation; poor coordination between organisms. government agencies, local administration and other Invasive alien species (IAS) refers to any alien stakeholders. species whose introduction does or is likely to cause The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action economic or environmental harm or harm to human Plan (2011) identified four operational objectives for health. The invasive status is usually assessed from the control of invasive species: exponential population growth and/or range expan- Prevent the intentional and unintentional intro- sion. duction of alien species. Neophyta refers to alien plant species introduced Early detection and identification of new poten- after ca. 1500 (Pysek et al. 2002, 2004; Richardson et tial invaders before penetrating the national territory; al. 2000). Early response to the penetration of invasive alien Archaeophyta refers to alien plant species intro- species. duced before 1500. Management of naturalised species and of the expanding area thereof in view of eradication, lim- 2. Review of the alien species itation and control. These objectives are further detailed into 15 Based on the information gathered until now from actions related to the control of IAS, which unfor- public databases (e.g. DAISIE http://www.europe- tunately have not been implemented until now. For aliens.org, NOBANIS http://www.nobanis.org, Global example the following actions were due by 2011 or Invasive Species Database http://www.issg.org/data- 2012, but none has been completed so far: action F2 base/welcome/, Invasive Species Compendium http:// “Development and maintenance of a register and data- www.cabi.org/isc/, EPPO databases http://www.eppo. base of alien species”, action F4 “Development and int/DATABASES/databases.htm, etc.), scientific lit- adoption of technical norms on the introduction and erature and our own data, we compiled a list of alien control of alien species from neighbouring and/or exot- species reported in Romania. We have grouped them ic areas”, action F5 “Ratification of the Convention on in several categories: plants, aquatic (freshwater and Ballast Water Management and development of further marine), and terrestrial animals (invertebrates and implementation measures”, and action F8 “Mandatory vertebrates). monitoring of bilge waters and fouling on boats dis- charging bilge water or careening in harbours, and of 2.1 Plants sediments on the bottom of bilge tanks where resistant forms may develop”. Perhaps the most urgent action is During the last decade four synthetic studies on to finalise the National list of invasive species (action alien plant species in Romania were done: Dihoru F1) due in 2013 and considered a high priority. (2004) published a selected list of 66 invasive species; Anastasiu and Negrean (2005) reported 435 alien spe- cies, of which 384 are neophytes; in 2009 the same 78 Country reports authors discussed the distribution of 365 neophytes in Romania, of which 38 are considered
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