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<h3><a
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effective has International policy been in reducing the
risk of wood-borer insects from entering the forests of
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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 <em>PLOS
ONE</em> and <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</em>.
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LeeAnne French, MESM
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:french@nceas.ucsb.edu">french@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
805-892-2529</pre>
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