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Commercially used alien plant species that could pose ecological risk in Croatia

Prevention of introduction of alien species is generally considered more desirable and cost- effective than population control and eradication measures and should be prioritised. The main act related to the introduction of alien species into the nature and their possible impact on biodiversity in Croatia is Nature Protection Act (Official Gazette No. 80/2013). It prescribes a preventive measure that bans import, placing on the market, breeding/cultivation and introduction into the nature of alien species that pose ecological risk and are potentially invasive. This preventive measure includes prescreening and risk assessment if necessary. After prescreening process in Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature the competent Ministry issues permits for alien species with low ecological risk or demands additional risk assessment if ecological risk can not be excluded. In this work we present and analyse a list of terrestrial and aquatic plant species requested for commercial use for which ecological risk could not have been excluded and for which permits were not issued. Among them there are only three species (Miscanthus × giganteus J.M.Greef, Deuter ex Hodk., Renvoize, Panicum virgatum L. and Paulownia tomentosa Steud.) for which the risk assessments have been submitted.

prevention ; prescreening ; risk assessment ; Miscanthus × giganteus ; Panicum virgatum ; Paulownia tomentosa

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