Information Exchange IAS and the IPPC

1. Information Exchange IAS and the IPPC CAB International’sRole Roger Day CABI Africa Nairobi, Kenya

2. CAB International • Intergovernmental • Not-for-profit • International • Developing countries • 90 years old “..appropriate international organisation” (Art XX)

3. CAB International Information Exchange through: • Publishing information products • Taxonomy, pest identification • Networking and coordination • Support to standard setting process • Global Invasive Species Programme

4. Information exchange through...InformationProducts • Books, journals • eg Ebbels (2003). Principles of Plant Health and Quarantine • Pest distribution maps with EPPO • Review journals • Primary journals

5. Information exchange through...InformationProducts • Bibliographic databases, portals • CAB Abstracts (>4m records) • PEST CD • CAB Direct • ICM Focus

6. Information exchange through...Information Products • Compendia • Animal Health and Production • Full datasheets - 200 diseases; background - 20,000 • Feed information, drugs & vaccines database • Diagnostic aids • Forestry • Full datasheets - 1200 species; background - 22,000 • Species selection tool • Seed suppliers database • Crop Protection

7. Information exchange through...Information Products • Electronic encyclopaedia on CD/Internet • >1900 pests & natural enemies • 10,000 in less detail • 125,000 abstracts • Information on distribution, ecology, management etc • FAO crop production data; crop loss data • 6,800 images • Keys and taxonomic framework • Soft links, glossary, notepads • Phytosanitary module • Crop Protection Compendium (CPC)

8. Information exchange through...Information Products • Partners • EPPO • FAO • Iowa State University, USA • Plant Resources of South-East Asia PROSEA • University of Bonn, Germany • >1100 commissioned experts from 75 countries • Crop Protection Compendium (CPC)

9. Consortium • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada • Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia (AFFA) • American Cyanamid, USA • Asian Development Bank (ADB) • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) • Bayer CropScience, Germany • CAB International, UK • Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) • Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) • Central Science Laboratory (CSL), UK • Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology/Danish International Development Agency (DGISP/DANIDA) • Deere and Company, USA • Department for International Development (DFID), UK • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Germany • Dow AgroSciences (including Rohm & Haas), USA • DuPont, USA • Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), Australia • Horticulture Australia (HA), Australia • Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) • International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia • International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico • International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Italy • International Potato Center (CIP), Peru • International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines • Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), Kenya • Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia • Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan • Monsanto, USA • National Department of Agriculture (NDA) and Agriculture Research Council (ARC), South Africa • New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID), New Zealand • Pioneer Hi-Bred, USA • Rockefeller Foundation • Seminis Vegetable Seeds, USA • Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Japan • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) • Syngenta (formerly Novartis and Zeneca Agrochemicals) • Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) • United Nations Development Program (UNDP) • United States Agency for International Development (USAID), USA • United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) • United States Department of Agriculture - Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) • United States Department of Agriculture - Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (USDA-CSREES) • United States Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) • West African Rice Development Association (WARDA), Côte d'Ivoire • World Bank • Zamorano, Honduras Information exchange through...Information Products • Crop Protection Compendium (CPC)

10. Datasheet cover page Full datasheet contents Softlink

11. PRA Initiation • Commodity/pathway • Pest • (Previous session)

12. Preliminary pest lists • ? Quarantine pests • ? Non quarantine pests • User modifiable

13. Risk assessment • Entry • Establishment • Spread • Economic damage

14. Risk assessment • conclusion • Overall risk • Need for measures

15. Risk management • Options for consignments • Preventing crop infestation • Other options

16. Report compilation

17. Information exchange through...Information Products • CPC – PRA Does… • Provide preliminary list of pests for consideration • Help maintain list of regulated pests • Provide checklist and sequence of risk factors • Provide information useful to assessment • Provide checklist of possible measures • Facilitate transparency and documentation • CPC – PRA Does Not… • Evaluate risk • Require use of a specific method for risk evaluation • Reduce the need for risk analysts

18. Information exchange through...Information Products • CPC – looking to the future • Additional invasive species content • >200 new species • 100 existing species fully reviewed • >100 woody species being added • Revision of weed key • New library documents, abstracts • Forestry and timber pests • >150 forest pests being added • Revision of data sheet content • Additional other materials

19. Information exchange through...Taxonomy, Pest identification • Molecular methods for rapid detection • User friendly identification aids (eg CABIKey) • Training in identification of pests • Development and curation of reference collections (CABI has ~500,000) • Global Plant Health Clinic – free for DCs www.globalplantclinic.org

20. Information exchange through...Networking, Coordination • BioNET International • Support to regional organisations eg COMESA • “Removing barriers to invasive plant management in Africa” (GEF) • Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia • Policy environment & institutional framework • Information exchange & awareness • Implementation of prevention and control • Capacity building

21. Information exchange through...Support to Standards Setting • Briefing papers, inputs to working groups • Environmental hazards • Risks from LMOs • Efficacy of phytosanitary measures • Comparison of standard setting procedures • Regional consultations • “Environmental” pests in relation to ISPM11 supplement • Application and review of ISPM3

22. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme • Founded in 1996/97 • CAB International (CABI) • World Conservation Union (IUCN) • Scientific Committee for Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) • “To conserve biodiversity and sustain human livelihoods by minimizing the spread and impact of invasive alien species” • A framework for international cooperation and capacity building

23. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme • Phase 1 outputs: policy, toolkits, communication • Invasive Species in a Changing World • The Economics of Biological Invasions • A Guide to Designing Legal and Institutional Frameworks and Alien Invasive Species • 100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species • The Great Reshuffling: Human Dimensions of Invasive Alien Species • Invasive Alien Species: A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices

24. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme • 10 point global strategy • Build National capacity • Build scientific, social, economic research capacity • Promote Information sharing • Develop economic policies & tools • Incorporate IAS issues into global change programs • Strengthen legal institutions & frameworks • Institute a system of environmental risk analysis • Promote public awareness • Build national strategies & plans • Promote international cooperation

25. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme COPDecision VI/23 18. Acknowledges the contribution of the Global Invasive Species Programme to the sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, particularly the provision of technical advice and therefore: • Welcomes phase II of the Global Invasive Species Programme and urges Parties, countries and other organizations to support the work of the Global Invasive Species Programme to minimize the spread and impact of invasive alien species, and consider the Global Strategy on Invasive Alien Species when developing national plans and regional strategies • Recommends continuing cooperation with the Global Invasive Species Programme and requests the Executive Secretary to explore the development of arrangements for this further cooperation

26. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme COP Decision VI/23 25. …welcomes the Global Invasive Species Programme as an international thematic focal point for alien species under the clearing-house mechanism, and calls on Parties, countries and relevant organizations to contribute to the creation and maintenance of the global information network, in particular to: • Ensure effective international cooperation and expertise sharing; • Provide information to assist countries to perform effective risk analysis; • Provide information on potential pathway of alien invasive species; and • Provide support for management and control efforts, particularly for locating technical support for rapid response activities;

27. Information exchange through…Global Invasive Species Programme • Phase 2 • Secretariat established in S Africa • Working groups • National and Regional Facilitation & Cooperation • Communication, Education, & Outreach • Global Information Management • Pathway Management • Evaluation and Assessment • Law and Policy