issg Database: Management and Information Links for Schefflera actinophylla

Schefflera actinophylla (tree)

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Info Impact
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         Interim profile, incomplete information

         Location Specific Management Information
Tahiti Is. (French Polynesia (Polynésie Française))
The species is registered on the list of 35 invasive species that threaten native biodiversity (Article n° 244/CM of 12th February 1988 completed by article n°65 CM of 23rd January 2006). Its introduction and its inter-island transport are forbidden. Destruction is authorized. Since 2006, management activities have been caried out in Tahiti by nature conservation groups (Meyer, Comm. Pers. 2007).

         Management Resources/Links

1. Varnham, K. 2006. Non-native species in UK Overseas Territories: a review. JNCC Report 372. Peterborough: United Kingdom.
        Summary: This database compiles information on alien species from British Overseas Territories.
Available from: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3634 [Accessed 16 May 2006]
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