Workshop on
Economic and Ecological Impacts of Invasive Alien Species
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Asia Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network
Dr. Mike Ielmini
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Virginia, USA
Dr. Michael Day
Principal Entomologist
Biosecurity Queensland, Australia
Dr. K. V. Sankaran
Former Director, Kerala Forest Research Institute, India
International Consultant of the FAO of the United Nations
Dr. T. V. Sajeev
Senior Scientist and Research Coordinator, KFRI
Coordinator, APFISN
Prof. Steve W. Adkins​
Professor in Plant Physiology
University of Queensland, Australia
Dr. Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz
Centre for Agroecology, Water & Resilience (CAWR)
Coventry University, UK
Dr. Anzar A Khuroo
Centre for Biodiversity & Taxonomy (CBT), Department of Botany
University of Kashmir, India
Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay​
Department of Earth Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), India
Prof. Akhilesh S Raghubanshi
Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development
Banaras Hindu University, India
Dr. René Eschen​
Senior Scientist – Risk Analysis and Invasion Ecology
CABI, Switzerland
Successful weed biocontrol in the Pacific: opportunities for India
Unheeded warnings - the economic, social, and ecological impacts of invasive species
Prof. M N V Prasad
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Hyderabad, India
Prof. K. C. Malhotra
Retd. Professor
Indian Statistical Institute
The global threat from biological invasions: The reproductive and physiological fitness of the invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus L. under a changing climate
Invasive alien species research in India - edges, corners and voids: a critique
Species on the door step- invasive plant threats in the Asia-Pacific region
Ornamental horticulture as the major pathway for plant invasions: in search for solutions
Invasive Alien Plants: Inventory, Impacts and Implications
Impact of marine invasion on molluscan ecology: Insights from Lessepsian invasion
Lantana camara invasion: New insights from tropical ecosystems
Economic Aspects of Invasive Species
Invasive alien species: Anthropological perspectives
Livelihood impacts of woody alien invasive species in Eastern Africa
Speakers
Titles
Dr. Achyut Kumar Banerjee
Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Invasions in isolation: a review of distribution, dispersal pathways, and management of faunal invasions on Indian islands
Dr. Abhishek Mukherjee
Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih, Jharkhand
Application of Ecological Niche Model in predicting Geography of Species Distribution
Reconstructing the history of introduction of Mikania and understanding its spread in India
Nitya Mohanty
Center of Excellence for Invasion Biology (CIB), Stellenbosh University, South Africa