Alien Species.vp - IUCN

Buddhi Marambe, Channa Bambaradeniya, D.K. Pushpa Kumara and Nirmalie Pallewatta
modes of entry and establishment and interventions required to reduce the negative impacts of
IAS are highly detrimental to attempts to preserve native biodiversity for the long term.
Conclusions and recommendations
Sri Lanka urgently needs an effective mechanism to deal with all activities related to IAS.
Ministry of Forestry and Environment of Sri Lanka, the national focal point for the CBD, would
be the ideal coordinator of such initiatives. Education and awareness are the key elements to
remedy the threats of the invasive species to natural agricultural ecosystems of Sri Lanka.
There is an urgent need to improve current and future management programmes of IAS by
using historical and existing measures more strategically and effectively, and integrating the
efforts of all stakeholders, including governments at all levels, non-governmental
organizations, industry, community groups and the general public. Thus, a national invasive
species action plan is required, prepared and implemented through a coordinating body which
oversees all aspects of issues of IAS, including the human dimensions.
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