[Info] NCEAS NEWS: How effective has International policy been in reducing the risk of wood-borer insects from entering the forests of the US?

[LeeAnne French]

      How effective has International policy been in reducing the risk
      of wood-borer insects from entering the forests of the US?
      <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/how-effective-has-international-policy-been-reducing-risk-wood-borer-insects-entering-forests>

May 20, 2014


In recent years, wood-infesting insects have caused serious 
environmental and economic damage in the United States and around the 
world, catching public and regulatory attention. Wood packaging material 
(WPM), such as shipping pallets, is one of the common ways wood pests 
move freely one country to another. In 2002, the International Standards 
for Phytosanitary Measures No. 15 (ISPM15) was adopted setting standards 
for treatment for WPM used for international trade. An NCEAS Working 
Group combed federal records to determine the effectiveness of 
international policy. The results of their efforts were recently 
published in /PLOS ONE/ and /Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment/. 
More> 
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/how-effective-has-international-policy-been-reducing-risk-wood-borer-insects-entering-forests>

-- 
LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
french at nceas.ucsb.edu
805-892-2529

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