Invasive species continue to be a costly issue for all countries and particularly for island nations, and with increasing trade and movement of people between countries, the threat of new species arriving is increasing.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) recognising this threat and the need for better coordination efforts to battle invasive species have endorsed their National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan (NISSAP), which includes an overview of the current situation of invasive species and identifies the process for their management, the document details priority actions necessary to mitigate the impacts of priority invasive species in RMI.
The development of the NISSAP for RMI is an activity under the GEF 6 Regional Invasives Project (GEF 6 RIP) to strengthen national and regional capacities to reduce the impact of invasive alien species on globally significant biodiversity in the Pacific.
