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March 3, 2020
On March 2, 2020 the seminar “Invasive species: growing risks and practical approaches” was organized within the international project DIAS “Collaborative Data and Information Exchange Network for Managing Invasive Alien Species”.
The seminar has gathered staff of scientific organizations from Petrozavodsk, Moscow and Finland, as well as officials from the Russian Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Agency. A keynote lecture was given by Chief Researcher at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RAS Academician Yuri Dgebuadze. Researchers from the Karelian Research Centre RAS made presentations about the current situation with invasive species belonging to different plant and animal groups in Karelia. The participants discussed the issues of practical control of the numbers of invasive species and public awareness-building.
This project “Collaborative Data and Information Exchange Network for Managing Invasive Alien Species” is implemented within the Karelia CBC Programme 2014-2020.

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