VKM Report 2019: 4 Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from the pathogenic fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment 15.05.2019 Report from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) 2019:4 Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from the pathogenic fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment 15.05.2019 ISBN: 978-82-8259-320-5 ISSN: 2535-4019 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) Po 222 Skøyen N – 0213 Oslo Norway Phone: +47 21 62 28 00 Email:
[email protected] vkm.no vkm.no/english Cover photo: ColourBox Suggested citation: VKM, Nielsen, A., Dolmen, D., Höglund, J., Kausrud, K., Malmstrøm, M., Taugbøl, A., Vrålstad, T., Ytrehus, B., de Boer, H., Hindar, K., Kirkendall, L., Nilsen, E. B., Rueness, E. K. and Velle, G. (2019). Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from the pathogenic fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal). Opinion of the Panel on Alien Organisms and Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM report 2019:4, ISBN: 978-82-8259-320-5, ISSN: 2535-4019. Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM), Oslo, Norway. VKM Report 2019: 4 15.05.2019 Assessment of the risk to Norwegian biodiversity from the pathogenic fungi Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) Authors of the opinion VKM has appointed a project group consisting of 4 VKM members and 4 external experts to answer the request from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority.