Annual meeting of the Forest Invasive Species Network, 16-18 Oct 2018, Ždanovičy, Belarus

Opening

Shiroma Sathyapala – Forest Health Officer, FAO HQ

Introduction 

Training – European Forest Pathogens

Iryna Matsiakh – Ukrainian National Forestry University/Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

• Overview – invasive pathogens in Europe and Central Asia (REU region)
• Phytophthoras - diversity and impact on forest health

Coffee break during the session

Training – European Forest Pathogens (cont.)

Rymvis Vasaitis – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

• Ash dieback – in the Baltics and beyond

Shiroma Sathyapala – Forest Health Officer, FAO HQ

Ferenc Lakatos – University of Sopron

• Tools and methods for detecting invasive pathogens

Sándor Bordács – Hungarian National Food Chain Safety Office

• European nursery trade and their possible role in the pathogen distribution

Coffee break during the session

Sub-regional developments – Eastern Europe

• Bark beetle outbreaks and pine dieback Mikalai Yurevich – Ministry of Forestry of Belarus

• Spread of Emerald Ash Borer from European Russia towards eastern EU border
• Rymvis Vasaitis – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sub-regional developments – Caucasus

• Giorgi Mamadashvili - Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Sub-regional developments – Russia and Central Asia

• Yuri Gninenko 1- Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry

Sub-regional developments – European Union and Northern Europe

• The emerging risk of the bronze birch borer

Bjorn Okland - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

REUFIS Network developments

Ferenc Lakatos – REUFIS Secretary

• Regional assessment initiative (followed by working group sessions)
• Network communication tools:
  • Regional Expert Database
  • REUFIS Website
  • Upcoming REUFIS Newsletter

Departure for the field trip 

• Smolevichi forest