@article{Iotti:256475,
      recid = {256475},
      author = {Iotti, Jean and Sutter, Emmanuel and Terrieux, Philippe  and de Fillippi, Frederic},
      title = {LES INITIATIVES FRANÇAISES EN MATIÈRE DE PRÉVENTION CONTRE  LES ESPÈCES INVASIVES DANS LA RÉGION CARAÏBE.},
      address = {2008-07-13},
      number = {1875-2017-361},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The plant protection strategy in Martinique and in the  archipelago of Guadeloupe, i.e. eight small islands known  as "French West Indies", is based on three main pillars.  These pillars are implemented in the framework of a complex  set of European and overseas-specific regulations, and  according to the standard French administrative rules and  organization, which are not always customizedfor tropical  agriculture issues. The first pillar is Import-Export  control (quarantine invasive species control). The second  pillar concerns control of invasive and other pest species  in nurseries (control on quarantine invasive species and  pests impacting on production). The third pillar is  surveillance and protection of crops grown in fields.  Import-Export regulations are a mix of the present European  regulations, which prioritize free trade within the  European Union (Martinique and Guadeloupe being part of the  EU), while import regulations with third countries avoid  import bans for vegetables, and prioritize specific  requirements for quarantine pests. In contrast, the  Specific Overseas Regulation, is based mainly on import  bans and an accumulation of old-fashioned requirements,  which are based more on precautionary principles than on  reasonable science-based arguments. In order to integrate  the European regulations, 200 invasive pests and plants  risk analyses have been completed. These PRAs are the  foundation of the new "European Overseas Regulations ",  which are being drafted. To combat the most dangerous  invasive species, Project PANDOeR [New Pathogens:  Detection, Observation, Eradication] was initiated. It  consists of putting in place a system for the early  detection and eradication of threatening diseases. The  targeted diseases and insects are those present in the  Caribbean islands that may impact the environment and  economy of Martinique (tourism, agriculture, and  employment) and that are potentially invasive: coconut  lethal yellowing and the red palm mite on palm trees, Black  Sigatoka (and Yellow Sigatoka, which is already present),  moko disease of banana, fruit flies, etc. PANDOeR involves  several administrative or professional partners, and aims  at (i) controlling possible invasions of dangerous invasive  species, and (ii) limiting the geographical range  extensions of already present pests, etc.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/256475},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.256475},
}