About ParrotNet

Objectives

Objective 1: Define and quantify the current impacts of parakeets on European agro-economy, society and wildlife and also evaluate the social and ecological feasibility of different policies aiming to reduce those impacts. This information will help create evidence based recommendations for management solutions at different legislative, spatial and EU policy levels. For example, recommendations could vary from pan-European to local mitigation measures.

Objective 2:Create a virtual EMC to monitor spread of parakeets and other invasive parrot species in order to predict future impacts on European agro-economy, society and wildlife and characterise ‘risk-profiles’ involving scenario-based projections to make EU-level policy recommendations.

Objective 3: Integrate all available evidence to determine what factors limit distribution, abundance and population growth rate of parakeets across Europe, in order to inform policy. For example, if pet escapees are shown to be a driving factor then national/EU pet trade restrictions may be needed.

Objective 4: Integrate all available evidence to establish extent and nature of evolutionary change by parakeets and prioritize utility of information for predicting future invasion pathways, in order to evaluate their response to climate change across the EU landscape.