Report end of project survey bioInv knowledge 2018

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This consultancy is executed as Activity D3 under Component 4 on Information and Awareness under the UNEP-GEF Cameroon Biosecurity Project (CBP). The CBP aims to increase capacity to prevent and control the introduction, establishment and spread of invasive Alien Species (IAS) and management of LMOs in Cameroon through the implementation of a risk-based decision-making process.

The consultancy assignment is to Quantify End of Project Personnel Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Biological Invasions and LMOs in Cameroon. It builds upon the work undertaken under Component 4 - Quantification of Baseline Knowledge and Attitudes concerning Biological Invasions in Cameroon (Activity 4.1.1. /D1) and Quantification of Mid-Project Knowledge Levels Concerning Biological Invasions and LMOs In Cameroon (Activity 4.1.2. /D2).

The Key Concepts surrounding this activity are invasive species and LMOs. The project working definition of an “invasive species” is: A species of any taxa from any provenance that moves beyond its intended location and causes a negative impact: somewhere but not necessarily everywhere; at some point in time, but not necessarily always; and according to some people but not necessarily everyone.

A living modified organism (LMO) is defined in Article 3 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) as any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.