# The French IAS Resource Center, activator of collaboration between researchers, managers and policy-makers

Arnaud Albert, Yohann Soubeyran, Clara Singh, Nicolas Poulet, Alain Dutartre

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CENTRE DE RESSOURCES
ESPECES EXOTIQUES
ENVAHISSANTES

# The French IAS Resource Center, activator of collaboration between researchers, managers and policy-makers

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Arnaud ALBERT¹,², Yohann SOUBEYRAN¹,³,⁵, Clara SINGH¹,³, Nicolas POULET¹,², Alain DUTARTRE¹,⁴

¹French IAS Resource Center, France ; ²French Biodiversity Agency, Research and Scientific Support Department, France

³French Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, France ; ⁴Independent Expert, France

⁵UMR AMAP (Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD), France

France is a country very confronted with **invasive alien species** (IAS) due to its position as a geographical crossroad, to a great diversity of climates and environments, and to islands all over the world. To cope with IAS, a singular system has been put in place to help all the actors faced with this problem : a **National Resource Center**.

Working at the **national scale**, the National Resource Center targets **all IAS** of **fauna and flora** of **terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems**, in **mainland France and overseas territories**.

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## Three missions and objectives of the IAS Resource Center

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► **Produce, capitalize and disseminate knowledge and know-how**

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► **Provide technical support and skills development** of IAS stakeholders

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► **Lead a national network** for collective learning

## Production of resources and tools

### Management feedbacks

Design with managers, description of the management operations, techniques, results, costs, etc.

+ 120 management feedbacks

+ 470 species sheets

### Species information database

Centralization of available information on the management of IAS and links to additional resources (descriptive sheets, distribution maps, regulations, etc.)

### Scientific and technical publications

Good practices guides, scientific reports, syntheses, studies, etc.

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## Technical support and animation of networks of actors

National meetings

Technical exchange days

National trainings

Advise and expertise

Participation in conferences

Support for public policies

## Capitalization and dissemination of information

www.especes-exotiques-envahissantes.fr

A dedicated website

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+ 4600 documents

6 newsletters per year

+ 2000 recipients of the newsletter

Species checklists, methodological documents, species alerts, contact details of actor networks, etc.

National, regional and international news, technical, scientific and legislative monitoring, discussion forum, event calendar, etc.

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## A national network of scientific and technical experts

The IAS National Resource Center is co-piloted since 2018 by the **French Biodiversity Agency (OFB)**, a public state institution, and the **French Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)**, a non-governmental association.

It leads a **network of scientific and technical experts (REST EEE)**, composed of **a hundred members of all profiles and backgrounds**. All together they contribute to the **development of resources** combining knowledge, practice and decision : management manuals, management feedbacks, best practices, species database, technical guides, scientific insights, etc. This REST EEE, is **one of the strengths** of the IAS National Resource Center.

This **sharing interface** is essential to connect experts, managers, researchers, businesses and policy-makers in order to improve the prevention and the management of biological invasions, by **bridging the gaps** and **answering the needs** of those fields. This model of system could be **declined in other countries** all around the world.

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