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SUNDAY 17 AUGUST |
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9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Opening Addresses. |
Mr Zhu Lieke, Deputy Administrator, Chinese State Forestry Administration. Mr Kong Chui Zhu, Vice-Governor, Province of Yunnan. Mr Zhang Zhung Xin, President, Yunnan Branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr Patrick B. Durst, Senior Forestry Officer, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization. Mr Jerome Beatty, Deputy Director, USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. Mr Daniel Baskaran, Executive Secretary, Asia-Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions (APAFRI). |
Chaired by Mr Wei Diansheng |
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9:30 - 10:00 a.m. |
Group Photo |
Lobby |
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10:20 - 11:05 a.m. |
Global perspective on forest invasive species. |
Ms Sally Campbell, Biologist Team Leader, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station. |
Chaired by Mr Patrick Durst |
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11:05 - 11:50 a.m. |
Forest invasive species and China. |
Mr Wei Diansheng, Director-General, Department of Silviculture, State Forestry Administration. |
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1:10 - 1:50 p.m. |
Basic science and nature of the problem. |
Mr Zhang Runzhi, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. |
Chaired by Mr Daniel Baskaran |
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1:50 - 2:30 p.m. |
Pest risk assessments and incursion pathways. |
Mr Allan Bullard, Director, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, USDA Forest Service. |
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2:30 - 3:10 p.m. |
FAO activities in relation to invasive species. |
Mr Simmathiri Appanah, NFP Adviser, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. |
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3:30 - 4:10 p.m. |
Ecological and economic impacts of invasive species incursions. |
Mr Chris Baddeley, Team Leader Biosecurity Policy, New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. |
Chaired by Mr Gary Man |
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4:10 - 4:50 p.m. |
Using the IPPC to manage invasive alien species affecting forests. |
Mr Greg Stubbings, National Manager of the Forestry Section, Plant Health and Production Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency. |
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4:50 - 5:30 p.m. |
Discussion and wrap-up |
Overview Report of Day’s Proceedings |
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MONDAY 18 AUGUST |
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8:30 - 9:05 a.m. |
Key issues in developing an invasive species biosecurity strategy for Australia. |
Mr Michael Cole, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia. |
Chaired by Mr Sun Jianghua |
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9:05 - 9:40 a.m. |
Managing invasive species threats to oil-palm and rubber. |
Mr Ho Haw Leng, Director of Crop Protection and Quarantine Services, Department of Agriculture, Malaysia. |
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9:40 - 10:15 a.m. |
When good trees turn bad: the unintended spread of introduced plantation tree species in India. |
Mr Kavileveettil Sankaran, Scientist, Kerala Forest Research Institute. |
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10:35 - 11:10 a.m. |
Acacias and their invasiveness in secondary/disturbed forests in the wet tropics. |
Mr Daniel Baskaran, Executive Secretary, Asia-Pacific Association of Forest Research Institutions (APAFRI). |
Chaired by Mr Wu Jian |
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11:10 - 11:45 a.m. |
Pine wood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilis) and other forest pathogens in Japan. |
Mr Shigeru Kaneko, Director, Kansai Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan. |
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11:45 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. |
Assisted Natural Regeneration - Countering the impact of Imperata grass infestations in the Philippines. |
Peter Walpole, Executive Director, Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC). |
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1:30 - 4:00 p.m. |
Group Discussion: |
Moderators |
Chair: Mr Heok-Choh Sim |
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Group 1. Knowledge and information on incursion pathways and risks. |
Ms Sally Campbell |
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Groups 2 and 3 Knowledge and information on invasive species impacts and specific means of combating. |
Peter Walpole/Mr Chris Baddeley Ms Wang Xiaohua/Mr You Dekang |
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
Discussion and wrap up |
Rapporteurs reports |
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TUESDAY 19 AUGUSTSTONE FOREST FIELD TRIP |
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9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Crofton Weed Site |
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10:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
Pine shoot beetle site |
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1:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Tour of Stone Forest |
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8:30 p.m. |
Return to hotel |
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WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST |
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8:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Panel discussion-"Where to now on invasive species in Asia and the Pacific?" |
Moderator: Mr Simmathiri Appanah, Forestry Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Panel members: Mr Sun Jianghua, Researcher, Entomologist, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr Gary Man, Asia-Pacific Program Manager, International Programs, USDA Forest Service. Mr Shekhar Kumar Niraj, Regional Deputy Director, Wildlife
Preservation, Mr Allan Bullard, Director, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, USDA Forest Service. |
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11:00-11:30 a.m. |
Closing ceremony |
Mr Wei Diansheng, Director-General, Chinese State Forestry Administration. Mr Lu Yonglong, Deputy Director-General, Bureau of Comprehensive Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr Patrick B. Durst, Senior Forestry Officer, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Food and Agriculture Organization. |
Chaired by Mr Leng Hua, Director-General, Yunnan Provincial Forestry Department |
