Webinar: Beauty – But a Beast: practical tools for municipalities and NGOs to prevent the impacts of invasive alien plants
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This webinar focuses on how to prevent the impacts of invasive alien plant species in the Barents region of Finland, Sweden and Norway. However, information and the practical hints and tips given at the webinar are suitable also for municipalities and organizations outside the Barents region. Barents IAS forum event is organized by Rural Women's Advisory Organization.
Programme:
9:30 Welcoming words
Christell Åström, Executive Director, Rural Women’s Advisory Organization
9:35 Invasive alien plant species: ecologic, economic, and social threat in the Barents region
What invasive alien plant species are considered as major threads now and in the future in Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. Ecological and economic impacts of IAS plants and threats to human health
Miia Jauni, Research Scientist (invasive alien plants), Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
10:00 Best practises / interesting experiments from Sweden, Norway and Finland
Sheep grazing – effective eradication method for Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
Linda Backlund, coordinator of invasive species, Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten/county administrative board of Västerbotten
Winning battels but not the war against “Tromsø palm” (Persian Hogweed, Heracleum persicum)
Bo Eide, Environmental advisor at Tromsø Municipality, Norway
How to handle IAS plant waste & its potential for bioenergy production
Marjaana Hassani, Expert in landscape and nature management, Rural Women’s Advisory Organization
Finnish-Swedish collaboration: learnings from the INSPECT project
Marika Turpeinen, Expert in landscape and nature management, Rural Women’s Advisory Organization
11:00 Coffee break
11:05 Tackling IAS problem with collaboration: practical hints and tips for municipalities and NGOs
Ursula Karjalainen, Project Manager, Pidä Lappi Siistinä ry
11:20 – 11.40
At your service: Barents Invasive Alien Species Project
Q&A
Ending words
Susanna Winqvist, Communications Manager, Rural Women’s Advisory Organization
