IAS in Romania

Dear Friends

just to give you an idea of the seriousness of IAS problem in Romania, just two main points:

1) Two new invasive alien spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Romanian arachnofauna;
2) present situation in Romania can be described by:

• Low public awareness and opposition to government intervention;
• Shortage and inaccessibility of scientific information (for species identification, risk analysis, detection and mitigation techniques etc.);
• Absence of clear and agreed priorities for action;
• ease of introduction and movement (e.g. through the post), inadequate inspection and quarantine;
• Inadequate monitoring capacity;
• Lack of effective emergency response measures;
• Outdated or inadequate legislation;
• Poor coordination between government agencies, States and other stakeholders.

http://www.ecoportal.ro/modsis/en-alien-species-romania.php

The problem should be addressed as soon as possible through involvement of grass-root organizations