[APWG] NEWS: CSL launches new pest risk analysis system (EU)
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Jun 18 08:45:19 CDT 2008
http://www.freshinfo.com/index.php?s=n&ss=nd&sid=45805&s_txt=&s_date=0&ms=&offset=0
CSL launches new pest risk analysis system
Defra agency Central Science Laboratory (CSL) has launched PRATIQUE -
Enhancements of Pest Risk Analysis Techniques, the EU Seventh Framework
research project.
Expansion in the global trade of plant material over the last century has
led to a steady increase in the rate of entry and establishment of new,
economically or environmentally damaging plant pests, diseases and
invasive alien species. The threat is likely to further increase as a
result of climate change and EU expansion.
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