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Re: [GWL]: White List

John, thank you so much for your research.  After I finish my column, I've 
got some heavy reading to do here.  Margaret Lauterbach



>Lon and list members,
>
>Despite the recent discussion of the value of controversy, there are very
>momentous decisions being made in Washington and elsewhere that may, very
>soon, limit the range of plants available to American gardeners, put plant
>society seed exchanges out of business, and make it difficult if not
>impossible for seed banks to obtain propagation material of endangered plant
>species.  Yet I have seen almost no coverage in either the general or the
>horticultural media.
>
>Salvia specialist and aromatic chemist Richard Dufresne posted the following
>information a couple of days ago on the Salvia@yahoogroups.com list:
>
>-------------------------------
>
>Tony Avent just got back from participating in a work group where a wide
>spectrum of stakeholders worked out some more gentle, mutually acceptable
>work rules to be included in the protocol.  I hope this is not going to
>prove to be a feelgood exercise to exorcise the emotional drive of the
>participants.  In other words, the workgroup results will wind up ignored,
>and a draconian protocol will wind up getting established.
>
>As to the USDA action:
>
>This has been prompted by a confluence of pressures, one of which is the
>need to control the spread of invasive species.  The actual driving force
>seems to be the regulations required by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
>Through the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), you may be
>aware of the development of standards like Good Manufacturing Practices
>(cGMP) and Good Laboratory Practices (cGLP).  All corporations are complying
>with these regulations, especially if they intend to do international
>business and to minimize liability.  I know this personally, since many of
>the drug discovery group leader jobs I am applying for claim that cGLP and
>cGMP experience is a valuable plus for consideration.  I know that every
>scientist in the tobacco industry, where I worked for 15.5 years, is
>actively setting up protocols to comply with ISO and cGLP standards.  Since
>the tobacco industry tends to resist legal action, their acceptance indiates
>how immovable an object the WTO is.
>
>One of the most troubling parts of all the actions being taken is the lack
>of attention being paid to stakeholders that were not included or consulted
>by the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) and the National Plant Board
>(NPB).  Most members of the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS) are
>concerned in particular about the efforts of Faith Campbell (formerly of the
>American Lands Alliance), who is drawing on the efforts of Danid Pimentel of
>Cornell.
>
>The way actions are going, it will become impossible to import plants.  The
>recently released Federal Register (see attachments) basically shuts off the
>importing of plant propagules.  The actions were supposed to start in 2007,
>and this appears to be a stopgap effort.  The White Paper holds that all
>plants are guilty until proved innocent.  This effectively closes off import
>of seed from sources like Silverhill of South Africa, seed exchanges by
>NARGS and other societies, the work of NGOs like Native Seed/Search, who
>raise operating money by selling vegetable seeds of native Americans from
>both the United States and Mexico.  It foils the collection efforts of new
>perennials by Yucca-Do (from whom I learned of the problem several weeks
>ago),   The action was delayed from September 21, 2001 to January 1, 2002.
>
>The issue is complicated by some of the more radical Native Plant Society
>members.  I feel that reclamaition of disturbed sites is acceptable, since
>that is where most of the damage is being done.
>
>A complication for everyone concerned is the lack of funding for USDA.
>Databases can be constructed that will allow sufficiently trained employees
>to do their job properly.
>
>Another is the way the organizations especially the NISC's advisory council,
>Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC), has been set up.
>
>Once the regs are written, it will be very hard to change them.  The best
>way to make ourselves heard is apparently a letter writing campaign to
>congressmen and USDA officials.
>
>
>WTO/ISO/SPS sites:
>
>Nat'l Academy Press:
>Incorporating Science, Economics, and Sociology in Developing Sanitary and
>Phytosanitary Standards in International Trade: Proceedings of a Conference
>(2000)  ---> Sanitary and Phytosanitary Risk Management in the Post-Uruguay
>Round Era: An Economic Perspective
>http://www.nap.edu/books/0309070902/html/33.html
>
>Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and the World Trade Organization
>http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/factsheets/sps.html
>
>WTO | Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - gateway
>http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/sps_e.htm
>WTO | Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - text of the agreement
>http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/spsagr_e.htm
>
>ISO - International Organization for Standardization
>http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
>ISO - International Organization for Standardization - The WTO Agreement on
>the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
>http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/comms-markets/wto/iso+wto-07.html
>
>USDA/APHIS/PPQ sites:
>
>Analysis of the World Trade Organization SPS Agreement  by Faith Thompson
>Campbell  -->
>http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/articles/990624wtosps.htm
>
>American Lands Alliance http://www.americanlands.org/
>
>ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-INDIGENOUS SPECIES IN
>THE UNITED STATES
>David Pimentel, Lori Lach, Rodolfo Zuniga, and Doug Morrison College of
>Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14850-0901 June
>12, 1999
>http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Jan99/species_costs.html
>
>National Invasive Species Council
>http://www.eswr.com/i1020.txt
>National Invasive Species Council - National Management Plan (NMP)
>http://www.invasivespecies.gov/council/nisc/main.html
>National Plant Board Home Page http://www.aphis.usda.gov/npb/
>
>Invasive Species Advisory Committee
>http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/news/comite.htm
>
>FHWA Vegetation Management - Invasive Species Executive Order
>Executive Order 13112 -  February 3, 1999
>http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/020399em.htm
>http://www.invasivespecies.gov/laws/execorder.shtml
>
>USDA/APHIS/PPQ Safeguarding Recommendations and Responses
>http://www.safeguarding.org/getallcomments.cfm?ActionTeamCode=AU
>
>Invasive Species: The Nation's Invasive Species Information System
>http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
>
>Organized action against NISC sites:
>
>The No White List               http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/
>No White List               http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/who.html
>Comments to the NISC http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/nisc.html
>No White List: FAQ http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/faq.html
>No White List - Links http://www.geocities.com/nowhitelist/links.html
>
>ASTA Final Position Statement on Invasive Species
>http://www.amseed.com/documents/invasive102899_1.html
>
>Risk Assesment sites:
>
>Center for Urban Horticulture Faculty, Staff, & Programs - Reichard, Sarah -
>reichard@u.washington.edu - Curator, Otis D. Hyde Herbarium Director, Rare
>Care & Conservation Program  --->
>http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/People/people.htm
>
>Richard F. Dufresne
>313 Spur Road
>Greensboro, North Carolina  27406 USA
>336-674-3105
>World of Salvias:  http://www.eclectasy.com/gallery_of_salvias/index.htm
>Salvia email list:   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Salvia
>
>----------------------
>
>It takes some time to explore the complexities of this (these) issue(s), but
>it seems to me that these restrictions will directly affect the interests of
>many on this list.
>
>John MacGregor
>South Pasadena, CA 91030
>USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23
>jonivy@earthlink.net
>
>
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