Conference on Invasion Biology and One Biosecurity
Conference programme
Conference programme
Day 1 – One Biosecurity
Invasive alien species pose serious threats to humankind that are comparable to the effects of pathogens — with far-reaching consequences for ecosystems, cultivated plants, as well as human and animal health. Biological invasions are now recognised as one of the most important elements of global change. The One Biosecurity concept has been developed to foster an interdisciplinary approach, buildingon interconnections between human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health to prevent and mitigate the impacts of invasive alien species. The OB concept claims that unified decision support tools would deliver greater impacts than current sector-specific approaches, by ensuring that policy and management decisions are objective and optimized for the biosecurity system as a whole. Our aim with to introduce the OB concept to Hungary, and to provide a forum for exchange of information and discussions between scientific, policy and public stakeholders.
The language of the conference presentations will be English. Research topics will be presented in 10-minute classical conference presentations or 5-minute short presentations
Day 2 – New challenges in invasion biology – Scientific presentations
The second day of the conference will feature scientific presentations on the key topics of invasion biology: the mechanisms of spread, ecological role, social and economic impacts of invasive species, and ways to control them.
Two international experts in invasion biology will give plenary lectures on actual topics of invasion biology by Dr Petr Pysek and on the possibilities of invasive species control by Dr Piero Genovesi.
The language of the conference presentations will be English. Research topics will be presented in 10-minute classical conference presentations or 5-minute short presentations.
Day 3 – Living together with invasive species? – real world issues
The day aims to bring together practitioners and researchers to discuss how the knowledge accumulated in practice and national and international research can help each other. In other words, the main objective, to strengthen joint knowledge co-production that can be used to more effectively manage invasive species. During the day we will work in 3-4 rounds and 4-6 groups around the issues identified in the application identified as the most important by participants during the registration process.
Introduction of the conservation practitioners and researchers who will lead the day “here“.
