NOBANIS - European Network on Invasive Species We use cookies to make your website experience better. If you allow cookies click continue. Cookie policy I accept Search alien species Login About NOBANIS Definitions used by NOBANIS Contact NOBANIS NOBANIS Newsletters NOBANIS projects Country statistics Marine identification key Species alerts Alien Species photo bank Fact sheets Regulation on IAS Other resources The European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) is a gateway to information on alien and invasive species in North and Central Europe. Regional portal on invasive alien species Search alien species NOBANIS covers marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments and provides: A distributed but integrated database on introduced species in the region Fact sheets on many of the most invasive aliens A catalogue of the regulation relevant to invasive species in participating countries A photo bank of alien species A marine key to identify invasive species in Nordic waters A catalogue of regional databases Connections to regional and global networks and projects of invasive aliens species New Species Alerts Laonome sp A new alien polychaete species has been found at very high densities in the Pärnu Bay area of the Baltic Sea in Estonia. 4/9/2015 Read more om Laonome sp Golden jackal Canis aureus, registered for the first time in Biebrzański Park Narodowy, Poland. 6/1/2015 Read more om Golden jackal What's new in Invasive Alien Species world? Stop Arctic Aliens Are you travelling alone? Have you checked your baggage for alien species? An animated film intended to inform travellers about the dangers that alien species present to Arctic ecosystems is being released today. The message is that it is important to ensure that nobody accidentally brings alien species with them as stowaways in their clothing, baggage or equipment. We still have a window of opportunity to protect the Arctic from the impact of alien species. The most effective action is to prevent the introduction of potentially harmful alien species. Contributing to this goal is everybody’s responsibility. Luckily there are some simple measures that you can take! Brush! Hoover! and Wash! The film project is a response to the ARIAS Arctic Alien Species Strategy and is led by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), in cooperation with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland. In addition, important collaborators are the Governor of Svalbard, the Norwegian Environment Agency, Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO), Visit Svalbard and Hurtigruten Svalbard For more intormation visit www.stoparcticaliens.com Arctic Alien Invasive Species Strategy on the way to implementation Work with implementing the Arctic Invasive Alien Species Strategy (ARIAS), adopted by the Arctic Council in 2017, continues within a circumpolar woking group under the auspices of Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) groups. The ARIAS strategy recommends strategic priority actions that need to be taken to protect the Arctic environment from invasive alien species. At present the Arctic is relatively unaffected by negative impacts of invasive alien species, but with changes in the climate, opening of new sea routes and increased exploitation of natural resources, risks for introduction of invasive alien species will rapidly increase. Current activities NOBANIS projects The present report contributes to the fulfilment of obligations in the Aichi target 9 under CBD and the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020 target 5. Read more om NOBANIS projects NOBANIS Newsletters Read the latest issue of the NOBANIS newsletter 1/15/2015 Read more om NOBANIS Newsletters Events Bern Convention Group of IAS Experts 22 March 2019 June 24 -25, 2019 in Butumi, Georgia EMAPI 15@ Prague 11 February 2019 15th Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions www.emapi2019.org 9-13 September 2019, Czech Republic, Prague 9th ESENIAS Workshop and Joint ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference 11 February 2019 9th ESENIAS and DIAS Scientific Conference Workshop "Species, ecosystems and areas of conservation concern under threat from the invasive alien species." Aqualina Hotel, Sveti Stefan, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia 3-6 September 2019 Read more News Participate in CBD Online Forum on IAS 12 April 2019 Invasive Alien Species: Invitation to Online Forum Discussion Forum Written by: Melanie.Josefsson Invasive Alien Species in the Arctic 27 March 2019 NINA reports on Arctic Species in the Arctic with focus on Svalbald and Jan Mayen Written by: Melanie.Josefsson Island Invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge 25 March 2019 Freely available at the IUCN website https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/48358 Written by: Melanie.Josefsson IPBES Call for nominations of fellows – assessment of invasive alien species 11 February 2019 IPBES members,observers, stakeholders and relevant organizations are invited to nominate fellows for the upcoming IPBES assessment of invasive alien species. Written by: Melanie.Josefsson Read more Try also Marine identification key Try our identification key to marine invasive species in Nordic waters Read more om Marine identification key Contact NOBANIS E-mail: [email protected] Terms of Use and Citation You may use data, pictures,information etc. available ad the site, as long as you refere to the sourse. The database as a whole is to be cited as follows: NOBANIS. Available from http://www.NOBANIS.org. Data of access x/x/201x NOBANIS Front page photo: Trachemys scripta elegans by Henrik Bringsøe