Raising public awareness on invasive non-native species
and providing accessible, user-friendly online resources through the CyDAS
Project Title: DPLUS124: Raising public awareness on invasive non-native species
and providing accessible, user-friendly online resources through the CyDAS
Aim: Increasing awareness amongst people of the threat posed by invasive non-
native species (INNS) is critical to inform decision-making. Through this fellowship
we aim to increase local knowledge within the SBAs, Cyprus and beyond by
providing accessible, user-friendly on-line resources through an on-line database
alongside citizen-science to study native species-INNS interactions.
Goals:
1.Raise awareness on INNS by initiating and promoting a citizen-science
recording scheme for invasive non-native invertebrates.
2.Identify knowledge gaps regarding the impacts of non-native invertebrates on
the island of Cyprus
3.Review the literature and other sources, including grey literature and social
media, to update and create a public-facing interface for the Cyprus Database
of Alien Species developed through DarwinPlus056
4.Create information sources to raise awareness and develop alert/rapid
response schemes for invasive non-native insects likely to arrive and
establish at SBAs that have impacts on biodiversity, economy and human
health.
5.Create distribution maps for 10 invasive and non-native species present at the
Peninsula
6.Explore impacts of alien plants on ecological networks using entomological
and citizen-science data
Duration: 1 st July 2021 – 30 th June 2023
Location: Cyprus, Western Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri
Funded by: Darwin Plus
Coordinating partner: Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre
Direct partners: Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre, Joint Services
Health Unit Akrotiri SBA, UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology
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