Forest Invasive Species in Europe and Central Asia, 6-7 Sept 2016, Minsk, Belarus

6-7 September 2016

Place of the venue: Minsk, Belarus

TIME	SESSION
Tuesday, 06 September 2016
08:30 - 09:00	Registration
09:00 - 09:30	FAO welcome address to the workshop and introduction to the forest invasive species regional networks (Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, FAO REU / Shiroma Sathyapala, FAO HQ / Peter Pechacek, FAO SEC)
09:30 - 10:00	Presentation on „Biological invasions in forests – regional aspects” (Ferenc Lakatos, Institute of Sylviculture and Forest Protection, University of West-Hungary, Sopron)
10:00 - 10:30	Presentation on „Regional perspective of invasive plants in forests” (Ingolf Kühn, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee break
10:50 – 11:20	Presentation on „Regional perspective of invasive invertebrates in forests” (Alain Richard Roques, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRA, Orleans)
11:20 - 11:50	Presentation on „Regional perspective of invasive vertebrates in forests” (Wojciech Solarz, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow)
11:50 – 13:00	Group discussion on “Feasibility and design of umbrella Forest Invasive Species Network (FISN-ECA) for the region” (including introduction to the working group, 10 mins)
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch break
14:30 – 15:30	Group discussion outcomes
15:30 – 17:30	Informal country discussions
Wednesday, 07 September 2016
09:00 – 09:30	Presentation on „Regional perspective of invasive fungi in forests” (Lucio Montecchio, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova)
09:30 – 10:30	„Current forest invasive species status in REU Region” (based on responses to the questionnaire) (Kitti Horváth, FAO REU)
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30	The way forward (mandate, work plan, operation, needs and requirements)
12:30 – 12:40	Closing remarks (Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi, Ferenc Lakatos)
12:40 –	Lunch