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Inaugural network meeting of the Forest Invasive Species Network

17-19 October 2017

 

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17-19 October 2017

Place of the venue: Budapest, Hungary

 

TIME SESSION
Monday, 16 October 2017
Arrival of participants
Tuesday, 17 October 2017,  Invasive insects (Location: Hungarian Natural History Museum)
9:00 - 12:00

Opening and introduction
Overview – invasive insects in Europe and Central Asia (REU region)
Ferenc Lakatos – REUFIS Secretary

 

Training – Bark and ambrosia beetles
Jiri Hulcr – University of Florida
General biology, ecology, morphology and management of bark and
ambrosia beetles (BAB)
Invasive BAB in the world and REU region

  • Introduction to BAB identification & taxonomy
  • Tools and resources for BAB identification

 

Coffee break during the session

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 17:00

Training – Bark and ambrosia beetles (cont.)
Practical training

  • Identification of BAB – find a character!
  • Identification of BAB species with synoptic collections and a booklet


Coffee break during the session

17:00 Closing
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, Climate Change and Invasive Species (Location: Ministry of Agriculture)
09:00 - 09:10 Opening and introduction (Chair: Norbert Winkler-Ráthonyi – FAO REU)
09:10 - 9:40 Intensively spreading forest mammals in Hungary Krisztián Katona (University of Gödöllő)
9:40 - 10:10 Golden jackal – Driven by climate or food? Hubert Inhaizer (FAO REU)
10:10 - 10:40 Exotic parasites and urban forestry: learning from experience Lucio Montecchio (University of Padova)
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11.30 Rapid shift of climate stress factors: a prime effect supporting invasive species Csaba Mátyás (University of Sopron)
11:30 - 12:00

Recent invasions by exotic forest insect – the role of changing climate [title tbc]

Ferenc Lakatos (University of Sopron), György Csóka (NARIC Forest Research Institute), Boris Hrasovec (University of Zagreb)

12.00 - 13:30 Lunch break
13.30 - 17.00

Impact of climate change on introduction and spread of invasive species

Sharing regional and country experiences: group work

(Chair: Shiroma Sathyapala – FAO, Ferenc Lakatos – REUFIS Secretary)

  • Current problems and solutions
  • Inputs for the workplan 2018

FAO upcoming Forest Health Guide & needs assessment - Shiroma Sathyapala

Coffee break during the session

17.00 - 18.00 Closing
18:00 Dinner

 

Downloadable presentations:

2_REUFIS_InvIns-ClimChange_v2

281 Mátyás Invasives & Climate FAO ea-final

intensively spreading forest mammals_Krisztian Katona_final

Montecchio FAO Budapest 2017a

REUFIS-Golden_Jackal

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