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Abstract

Awareness and Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species in the Iberian Peninsula by LIFE INVASAQUA: Midterm Outcomes †

by
Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna
1,*,‡,
Rosa Olivo del Amo
1,
Mar Torralva
1,
Pedro M. Anastácio
2,
Filipe M. S. Banha
2,
Sandra Barca
3,
Frederic Casals
4,
Fernando Cobo
3,
Antonio Guillén
1,
Celia López-Cañizares
1,
Annie Machordom
5,
Rafael Miranda
6,
Catherine Numa
7,
Francisco J. Oficialdegui
1,
Javier Oscoz
6,
Anabel Perdices
5,
Filipe Ribeiro
8,
Jorge R. Sánchez-González
4,
Rufino Vieira-Lanero
3 and
José Manuel Zamora-Marín
1
1
Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
2
Department of Landscape, Environment and Order, University of Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
3
Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
4
SIBIC, Department of Animal Science, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
5
CSIC-National Museum of Natural Sciences, 28006 Madrid, Spain
6
Department of Environmental biology, University of Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
7
IUCN-Center for Mediterranean Cooperation, 29590 Málaga, Spain
8
SIBIC, MARE Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology, Porto, Portugal, 20–23 June 2022.
‡
Presenting author (oral communication).
Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2022, 13(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013047
Published: 7 June 2022
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The IX Iberian Congress of Ichthyology)
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Abstract

:
The Iberian society has a limited understanding of the threats posed by invasive alien species (IAS) in aquatic ecosystems. This lack of knowledge and awareness about IAS problems hampers any management policy proposed by public administration and stakeholders, contributing to missing an IAS management strategy. We present the midterm outcomes of the Environmental Governance and Information LIFE project—LIFE INVASAQUA—that will run between 2018 and 2023 in the Iberian Peninsula. The main goal of INVASQUA is to increase the Iberian public and stakeholders’ awareness of aquatic IAS problems and to develop tools that will improve an efficient early warning and rapid response (EWRR) framework for new IAS in freshwater and estuarine habitats in the Iberian Peninsula. We focus on new challenges and outcomes of the project to explore some of the problems and solutions encountered in the project implementation.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, F.J.O.-P. and R.O.d.A.; writing, F.J.O.-P.; funding acquisition, F.J.O.-P., R.O.d.A., F.R., P.M.A., F.C. (Fernando Cobo), A.P., R.M., C.N. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This project received funds from the LIFE Programme (LIFE17 GIE/ES/000515).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

Data Availability Statement

Not applicable.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Oliva-Paterna, F.J.; Olivo del Amo, R.; Torralva, M.; Anastácio, P.M.; Banha, F.M.S.; Barca, S.; Casals, F.; Cobo, F.; Guillén, A.; López-Cañizares, C.; et al. Awareness and Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species in the Iberian Peninsula by LIFE INVASAQUA: Midterm Outcomes. Biol. Life Sci. Forum 2022, 13, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013047

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Oliva-Paterna FJ, Olivo del Amo R, Torralva M, Anastácio PM, Banha FMS, Barca S, Casals F, Cobo F, Guillén A, López-Cañizares C, et al. Awareness and Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species in the Iberian Peninsula by LIFE INVASAQUA: Midterm Outcomes. Biology and Life Sciences Forum. 2022; 13(1):47. https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013047

Chicago/Turabian Style

Oliva-Paterna, Francisco J., Rosa Olivo del Amo, Mar Torralva, Pedro M. Anastácio, Filipe M. S. Banha, Sandra Barca, Frederic Casals, Fernando Cobo, Antonio Guillén, Celia López-Cañizares, and et al. 2022. "Awareness and Prevention of Aquatic Invasive Alien Species in the Iberian Peninsula by LIFE INVASAQUA: Midterm Outcomes" Biology and Life Sciences Forum 13, no. 1: 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/blsf2022013047

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