Guidance and Tools

• General Tools and Guidance

• Pathway-specific Tools and Guidance:
  • Biological Control
  • Civil Air Transport
  • Marine and aquatic pathways
  • Military
  • International aid and development
  • Scientific research
  • Pets, aquarium species, live bait, live food and plant seeds

General Tools and Guidance

• Convention on Biological Diversity. 2002.
  Guiding Principles for the Prevention, Introduction and Mitigation of Impacts of Alien Species that Threaten Ecosystems, Habitats or Species.
• CAB International / Global Invasive Species Programme.
  Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices of Invasive Alien Species.
• International Barcode of Life (iBOL)
  Pest and Parasitoid barcode of life
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for pest risk analysis. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #2.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including analysis of environmental risks and living modified organisms. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #11.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #03.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Glossary of phytosanitary terms. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #05.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for pest eradication programmes. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #09.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management.) International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #14.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #15.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #16.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines on lists of regulated pests. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #19.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #20.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Pest risk analysis for regulated non quarantine pests. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #21.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Requirements for the establishment of areas of low pest prevalence. Inernational Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #22.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for inspection. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #23.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Guidelines for the determination and recognition of equivalence of phytosanitary measures. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #24.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Consignments in transit. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #25.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae). International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #26.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #27.
• International Plant Protection Convention.
  Design and operation of post-entry quarantine stations for plants. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures #34.
• IUCN – The World Conservation Union.
  IUCN Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species.
• NatureServe.
  An Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: Evaluating Non-native Plants for their Impact on Biodiversity
• OIE.
  Aquatic Animal Health Code
  Terrestrial Animal Health Code
  Guidelines for Assessing the Risk of Non-native Animals Becoming Invasive
• The Nature Conservancy
  Assessing and Managing Invasive Species within Protected Areas
• U.S. Center for Plant Conservation.
  Voluntary codes of conduct for minimizing and use and spread of invasive alien species: for government, nursery professionals, gardening public, landscape architects, and botanic gardens and arboreta.
• Biosecurity New Zealand Risk Analysis Procedures. 2006.
• ID Source
  Searchable gateway for finding websites that contain identification tools, such as fact sheets, image galleries, keys, map collections and screening aids, for plant pest organisms. ID source is developed through collaboration between Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) of US Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University.

Marine and aquatic pathways

• Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force
• CSIRO Research Introduced Marine Pests
• FAO.
  Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
• FAO.
  Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries - Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries and Species Introductions.
• Global Aquaculture Alliance
• Global Ballast Water Management Programme (GloBallast)
• Global Invasive Species Programme. 2004.
  Best practice for the management of introduced marine pests.
• Great Lakes-St Lawrence Seaway management of ballast water
• Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration Project
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
  Code of Practice on the Introduction and Transfers of Marine Organisms
• International Association for Great Lakes Research
• OIE.
  Aquatic Animal Health Code
• International Maritime Organization. 2004.
  International Convention on the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments.
• Shipping Federation of Canada.
  Code of Best Practices for Ballast Water Management.
  
• Working for Water Programme - South Africa
  

Papers

• Managing Hull Fouling – technical guidelines
  Munk, T. (Propulsion Dynamics Inc). 2006. Fuel Conservation through Managing Hull Resistance. Motorship BIMCO Propulsion Conference, Copenhagen.
  
• Hayes, K.R. and Hewitt, C.L. 2000. Centre for Research on Introduced Marine Species. Technical Report no. 21. Risk Assessment framework for ballast water, Vol. II. CSIRO Marine Research. Hobart 198 pp.