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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
ultimately the scale of the impact can potentially reach those in the animal health sector (the
same caveat on limits of comparisons applies in this case).
Furthermore, other cases not specific to the EU, but that have occurred elsewhere are an
example of the potential scale of impact that could be reached 202 . In the case of forestry pests,
for instance, the occurrence of the Mountain pine beetle in Canada has already caused the
death of 10 million ha. of pines was recorded in 2007, with losses in British Columbia of 6
billion €. Studies indicate that 80% of mature pine in British Columbia will be killed by the
Mountain pine beetle by 2013.
202 The present-day cost of the damage caused by invasive alien species affecting forestry and agriculture in
Canada has been estimated to be CND$7.5 billion annually (Dawson, 2002)
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