Historical Research and Policy Making in South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Delius ◽  
Stefan Schirmer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Research And Policy

scholarly journals Contestations and complexities of nurses’ participation in policy-making in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 25327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prudence Ditlopo ◽  
Duane Blaauw ◽  
Loveday Penn-Kekana ◽  
Laetitia C. Rispel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Policy Making

scholarly journals Catalogue of Pests and Pathogens of Trees on the Island of Ireland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard O'Hanlon ◽  
Cathal Ryan ◽  
James Choiseul ◽  
Archie K. Murchie ◽  
Christopher Williams
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Plant Health ◽  
Plant Pests ◽  
Plant Pest ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Native Invasive ◽  
Research And Policy

Trees provide key ecosystem services, but the health and sustainability of these plants is under increasing biotic and abiotic threat, including from the growing incidences of non-native invasive plant pests (including pathogens). The island of Ireland (Ireland and Northern Ireland) is generally accepted to have a high plant health status, in part due to its island status and because of the national and international regulations aimed at protecting plant health. To establish a baseline of the current pest threats to tree health for the island of Ireland, the literature and unpublished sources were reviewed to produce a dataset of pests of trees on the island of Ireland. The dataset contains 396 records of pests of trees on the island of Ireland, the majority of pests being arthropods and fungi, and indicating potentially more than 44 non-native pest introductions. The reliability of many (378) of the records was judged to be high, therefore the dataset provides a robust assessment of the state of pests of trees recorded on the island of Ireland. We analyse this dataset and review the history of plant pest invasions, including (i) discussion on notable native and non-native pests of trees, (ii) pest interceptions at borders and (iii) pests and climate change. The dataset establishes an important baseline for the knowledge of plant pests on the island of Ireland, and will be a valuable resource for future plant health research and policy making.

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