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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">FYI, in case anyone is interested in commenting on the second version of the proposed IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species, please see below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Bruce E. Young, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Chief Zoologist and Senior Conservation Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">NatureServe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">+1-703-908-1805<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> IUCN Members <membership@iucn-crm.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 5, 2019 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bruce Young <Bruce_Young@natureserve.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> IUCN: Consultation - proposed IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species (EICAT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">To: IUCN Members: IUCN Commission members</span></b></em><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Invitation to take part in the IUCN member consultation (second round), on a proposed IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien
species.</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Deadline: 2 September 2019</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Dear IUCN Members, Dear IUCN Commission members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">In July 2017 IUCN invited its Members and Commission members to take part in a consultation on the scientific underpinning and governance of IUCN’s proposed standard classification
of the impact of invasive alien species, known as “Environmental Impact Classification of Alien Taxa” (EICAT). We received 260 responses from across 77 countries, and IUCN and its SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group would like to thank all those who participated
in this process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Building on the results and feedback received through this consultation, and lessons learned from the application of EICAT a
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">version 2</span></b></em> of the proposed standard has been published, along with the results of the first consultation. We therefore invite all IUCN Members and Commission members to
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">take part in round two of the consultation, on the second version of the proposed standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species, EICAT.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Firstly we recommend that you
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">review the results of the first consultation</span></strong>, and the IUCN responses to questions and comments received through the consultation. Following this, please read the second version of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EICAT Categories and Criteria</span></em> (the proposed ‘standard’), and the accompanying
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Guidelines for using EICAT </span>
</em>document. There is also a separate document that summarises the major changes made to EICAT version 1. All these documents can be accessed on the IUCN EICAT webpage,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6Jw8pdCdFYitOPnvvbLpOcOfZEOdlSXKwKI11ZNkgYQ5CA-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtYXwSnmRRWVC7RHHnGh5wyhfdP6mu00ZWKy1-2Bn0R2p-2F02wWXoPNXfKW21bQa9RXu3uaWDDXCewgMVJDo3ACeLoCPImT8ZjoPncI-2B7rXYGIWux-2F0Fsxf-2BYp8O4wAiqAQprk1gqrAela3R5cW2K5ucZhQ-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">by
clicking here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> (see
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Downloads</span></em> on the right hand side of the page).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Your comments on version two can be
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">submitted to IUCN through a small online questionnaire</span></strong>, which can be found by </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6Jwew-2FXGGVOs0QnN25m3yCZTsgJ1aS8yGLfQzhArFZa66A-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtAS9oRw1cTPQ7zcpCDcIc7gU22ZQNW87VEtVumhxT4JL1UdLmnzJ3RgAVnnkJj1UUAr41dAQg0lTlzq1-2FKc3jARHwE8YyyNOYjp-2F0Tq76WQm7JLqpiW8OwKeg1ajAhF9NsjciSNYWq6twz0F8DjIpqQ-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">clicking
here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">. The consultation period will last for four weeks from today, <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ending on 2 September 2019</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Background information</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Invasive Alien Species (aka invasive non-native species) are recognised as a major direct and indirect driver of biodiversity loss across the globe, their economic impact is estimated
at hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and they have significant negative effects upon food security, and human health and well-being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">This has led to invasive alien species being prioritised in international policy fora, including Aichi Target 9 of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) and Target 15.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which call for the prioritisation of invasive alien species for prevention, eradication or control;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">However, as there is no global, standardised, systematic evaluation, prioritisation and monitoring process in place for invasive alien species, IUCN were requested in 2014 by parties
to the CBD (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6Jw-2FBWHbZkDyH-2BsPtyglBhPppfVEGvdljmNvBATDCUw9hg-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtYi9F4FUa4a06c6ew5VNLXO9PlqHAUGS6y6dmEn-2F14E9lEpK-2BhwLXCy3t6YKn60rWYE8ZDGAQRltP76EAvOmG-2BFnYbV3RfUKCFy7jx1OUYRHUsNE3SXynjG-2BfY3kNQA0lF8hUxETH8L1joLad2qhSrQ-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">COP
XII Decision 17</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">) to develop a <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">system for classifying invasive alien species based on the nature and magnitude of
their impacts.</span></em> IUCN, through its Species Survival Commission Invasive Species Specialist Group has now developed such a system, published in 2015, called ‘<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Environmental Impact Classification of Alien
Taxa</span></em> (EICAT)’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">At the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress, IUCN members passed </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6JwUKkDbSbtY9QkJRrsa56dt0Hgu9nbIDkswwj3Oizq-2Bq4-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtxmAOPBCylEnWsCA-2FyLy75zxq5WubSDKdJwchzV1O3-2BUEF5GWr6MphdZgTRT0XROTfkOuxuw5vgMimTYrSc4BZFfeFnKHxD6epodky41jjHtspSUnRSVByrcGKL85dyrnAx6o-2BHlqMv3fVDv5CQAURw-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">Resolution
WCC-2016-Res-018</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> ‘Toward an IUCN standard classification of the impact of invasive alien species’, which “<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">requests
the SSC and Director General to conduct a consultation process involving all relevant stakeholders within the Union to develop EICAT, integrating the outcomes into the IUCN Global Invasive Species Database and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, thus
providing an essential background for the achievement of Aichi Target 9 (and subsequent related targets) and SDG Target 15.8”.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">EICAT Summary</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">EICAT is a simple, objective and transparent assessment process that classifies alien species into one of five categories, according to the magnitude of the detrimental impacts to the
environment. It has 5 objectives: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identify those taxa that have different levels of environmental impact;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">facilitate comparisons of the level of impact by alien taxa among regions and taxonomic groups;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">facilitate predictions of potential future impacts of taxa in the target region and elsewhere;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">aid in prioritisation of management actions; and <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">aid in evaluation of management methods.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">It must be stressed that EICAT <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOT </span></strong>a risk assessment, and its output alone should not be used to assign the priority that should be attached to the control
or management of any given alien species. Risk assessment and priority setting require contextual information that is not incorporated into the EICAT scheme.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOT </span></strong>a statutory list of harmful invasive species.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3F3F3F;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">should <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOT</span></strong> to be used on its own to identify which alien species should be regulated.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">It is envisaged that the EICAT scheme will be used by scientists, land managers and conservation practitioners as a tool to gain a better understanding of the magnitude of impacts caused
by different alien taxa, to alert relevant stakeholders to the possible consequences of the arrival of certain alien species, and to inform the prioritisation, implementation and evaluation of management policies and actions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">The EICAT system must be applied in a consistent and comparable manner across different assessments. Therefore, IUCN have developed a standardised protocol to be applied to this assessment,
that is analogous to, and draws heavily upon, the framework adopted for classifications for the globally recognised </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6Jw9qGLDdJgPu0kU23x-2B3n2eBiWrU6-2BtOfqopHZMgWE-2Fy0-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtImbddGQvsp3knEMShD5-2FdMce1lxEBf066pb-2FlxJTmi-2BySV7NrMXRh4YgOL6HzsfuqOv8-2FxZBxBFgTABhSwslLkd98b1dwmVfzEVn-2FzECzdbjMk9V1vfXUDKY8RcNkng4H2elrLoqxHgh3Yqfof-2Bmrg-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">IUCN
Red List of Threatened Species</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">If you have any questions on this process, or are having any problems accessing the consultation questionnaire, please contact Kevin Smith (IUCN Invasive Species Programme Officer </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://url3193.iucn-crm.org/wf/click?upn=XU9dj2iJv0Ci5IkkSFYGk9s7ZmGOWkGZ2-2B3AJFd18OAmUuX4X33fArEUhywqHMgmBzEBugFtUQjE8F9ouX7dk6Jd0Lo-2BO0jNixRuj05-2BWIRe6-2BosWAiF4USBlPkSX6Jw1dD8-2Fn86P7dwaYx64nD-2Fs-2BovhsI-2FJSDrmuyQaHSEr9U-3D_klTV7vJ2dmdcTTKZ1di282tNhVFcZkqtnauT6U9-2B9eGFjLKZZoFfCxWj8gD-2Bys0cuLMdzLEirJRoNHB2wlnQuQP5jQlkNpIrEVoPJ3v8Q7zDvUYlMxQ4DPCHVLvbgi7lXIN9odCSpDmCuq05bSv4IeM8LvzR7PeUCZdKSQIoBjDv-2BlltG-2FgH5LhpHkhJujNtMPWAzyGzkhm8xVYv7gKhLH46MQ-2BkxtXWtTJ7A9wW5PAaMM4UwPk0GI6jV3Zg-2B2EonvwemaUWDdUoa7hLQvweYlOmAnuQvAbTEhcJOvnltiUqPg5s26AIit1s4Rj73dZt5I4teC8u83TxSlMxEJFHfw-3D-3D"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#548DD4">kevin.smith@iucn.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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