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Pötzelsberger
Elisabeth
Lapin
Katharina
Brundu
Giuseppe
Adriaens
Tim
Andonovski
Vlatko
Andrašev
Siniša
Bastien
Jean-Charles
Brus
Robert
Čurović
Milić
Čurović
Željka
Cvjetković
Branislav
Đodan
Martina
Domingo-Santos
Juan M
Gazda
Anna
Henin
Jean-Marc
Hernea
Cornelia
Karlsson
Bo
Keča
Ljiljana
Keren
Srđan
Keserű
Zsolt
Konstantara
Thomai
Kroon
Johan
La Porta
Nicola
Lavnyy
Vasyl
Lazdina
Dagnija
Lukjanova
Aljona
Maaten
Tiit
Madsen
Palle
Mandjukovski
Dejan
Marín Pageo
Francisco J
Marozas
Vitas
Martinik
Antonin
Mason
William L
Mohren
Frits
Monteverdi
Maria Cristina
Neophytou
Charalambos
Neville
Pat
Nicolescu
Valeriu-Norocel
Nygaard
Per Holm
Orazio
Christophe
Parpan
Taras
Perić
Sanja
Petkova
Krasimira
Popov
Emil Borissov
Power
Mick
Rédei
Károly
Rousi
Matti
Silva
Joaquim S
Sivacioğlu
Ahmet
Socratous
Michalis
Straigytė
Lina
Urban
Josef
Vandekerkhove
Kris
Wąsik
Radosław
Westergren
Marjana
Wohlgemuth
Thomas
Ylioja
Tiina
Hasenauer
Hubert
Mapping the patchy legislative landscape of non-native tree species in Europe
Abstract
Europe has a history rich in examples of successful and problematic introductions of trees with a native origin outside of Europe (non-native trees, NNT). Many international legal frameworks such as treaties and conventions and also the European Union have responded to the global concern about potential negative impacts of NNT that may become invasive in natural ecosystems. It is, however, national and regional legislation in particular that affects current and future management decisions in the forest sector and shapes the landscapes of Europe. We identified all relevant legal instruments regulating NNT, the different legal approaches and the regulatory intensity in 40 European countries (no microstates). Information on hard and effective soft law instruments were collected by means of a targeted questionnaire and consultation of international and national legislation information systems and databases. In total, 335 relevant legal instruments were in place in June/July 2019 to regulate the use of NNT in the investigated 116 geopolitical legal units (countries as well as sub-national regions with their own legislation). Countries and regions were empirically categorized according to ad hoc-defined legislation indicators. These indicators pay respect to the general bans on the introduction of non-native species, the generally allowed and prohibited NNT, approval mechanisms and specific areas or cases where NNT are restricted or prohibited. Our study revealed a very diverse landscape of legal frameworks across Europe, with a large variety of approaches to regulating NNT being pursued and the intensity of restriction ranging from very few restrictions on species choice and plantation surface area to the complete banning of NNT from forests. The main conclusion is that there is a clear need for more co-ordinated, science-based policies both at the local and international levels to enhance the advantages of NNT and mitigate potential negative effects.
cpaa009
2020-06-03
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https://academic.oup.com/forestry/advance-article/doi/10.1093/forestry/cpaa009/5850529
2020-06-04 07:39:16
DOI.org (Crossref)
Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research
DOI 10.1093/forestry/cpaa009
ISSN 0015-752X, 1464-3626