Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: These species are more prolific and less affected by habitat degradation, and they may also be carrying pathogenic agents. These are all the more virulent because their presence is also very recent on the biological evolution time scale. Because they are handicapped by habitat degradation and sensitive to exogenous pathogenic agents - to which they were not in contact long enough to develop proper resistance - the plight of native species is a matter of concern for the future, while their distribution is shrinking. In this daunting context, it seems that, if one is to avoid the propagation of unwanted species or contaminating agents, the last hope lies in the harmonisation of initiatives on the European scale. This roundtable was aimed at giving a preliminary comparative analysis of the situation in each country, so as to appreciate the basic differences, and the advantages or disadvantages of the solutions suggested by lawmakers. The time for choosing between liberal or constraining solutions has passed, and we are simply left with the pragmatic option of trying to break the current deadlock of regulations that can be justified on principle but remain ineffective or unenforceable when faced with the facts in the field.
DOI: 10.1051/kmae:2002092
Language: French
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2057479044