LIFE Artemis

17 Pages·2016·1.01 MB·English

A successfull application of an
environmental governance and
information project: LIFE Artemis
Maarten de Groot
PODROBNA DELAVNICA O PRIPRAVI LIFE PROJEKTA, 9. junij 2016,
DVORANA OPTIMUS, GRAD OTOČEC
Project
• LIFE Artemis Thuja 2
– Awareness Raising, Training and Measures on Invasive alien
Species in forests
• Section „Environmental governance and information“
• 2016-2020
• Coordinating benificiary Slovenian Forestry Institute
• Other beneficiaries: Zavod symbiosis, Slovenia Forest
Service, ZRSVN
• 1,091,953 euro
• 647,701 euro financed by the EU
Setting the scene
• Many problems with invasive
alien species (IAS).
• Eradication is almost impossible
Thuja 2
when they get established.
• Avoiding and eradication at first
sight is most important.
• Therefore an early warning and
rapid response system for IAS is
needed.
Setting the scene
• Insufficient collaboration between the
different institutes.
• There are only a few profesionals working
on IAS, in order to get a fast detection
observations of the public is needed.
• Information, communication and
awareness raising campaigns in line with
the priorities of the 7th Environment
Action Programme
The partners
• Slovenian Forestry Institute:
Experts (forests and invasive alien
Thuja 2
species)
• Zavod Symbiosis: Experts (invasive
alien species, communication)
• Slovenia Forest Service: on the
ground activities, Experts (forests)
• ZRSVN: on the ground activities,
Experts (nature conservation)
The process...
• 3 years
• 1st year (2013): not enough time
• 2nd year (2014): section „Nature and
biodiversity“
• 3rd year (2015): section „Environmental
governance and information“
Project goal
Thuja 2
To contribute to the reduction of the harmful
impacts of invasive alien species on
biodiversity by increasing public awareness
and by setting up an efficient early warning
and rapid response (EWRR) framework for
invasive alien species in forests.
Project objectives
1. Increase awareness of the general
public, in particularly of private forest
Thuja 2
owners, of threats caused by invasive
alien species to forests.
2. Establish an efficient national
institutional framework for early
detection and rapid response for
alien species in forests.
3. Improve the national capacity for
early detection of alien species in
forests by mobilising and training
professionals and volunteers.
Core actions
Monitoring
Preparatory
actions
actions
B1. National awareness raising campaign on IAS
A1. Development of
the Project C1. Monitoring of
Communication Plan project visibility
and trends in
Show cases for the
public attitudes
functioning of the EWRR
towards IAS
B4. Involving the
B2. EWRR training
general public in
of professionals
the management of
and volunteers
A2. Establishment of
IAS in urban
the EWRR
forests
institutional
framework
C2. Evaluating the
effectiveness of
B3. Engaging
EWRR system
foresters and
citizens scientists
B5. Canker of maple
in collecting IAS
A3. Development awareness
data
of the EWRR campaign
Training
Programme
Preparatory actions
• A1. Development of the Project Communication Plan
– A national survey poll on the attitude of Slovenians towards the issues
of IAS
– Communications Plan Workshop
– Project Communications Plan
• A2. Establishment of the EWRR institutional framework
– Capacity assessment of professionals and volunteers with potential to
take part in the EWRR
– Establishment of the EWRR institutional framework
– Development of example rapid response plans
• A3. Development of the EWRR Training Programme
– High risk forest IAS and priority pathways
– Development of the EWRR Training Programme