Due to increasing global trade and travel, the invasion of native ecosystems by alien species such as mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, weeds, pathogens and etc. is now widely regarded as a top threat to biological diversity worldwide.
In order to cope with the threats from invasive alien species, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Global Invasive Alien Species Programme (GISP) recommended the introduction of ecological risk assessment (or import risk analysis) and establishment of integrated management scheme in national legal frame for invasive alien species (IAS) management. Some endeavors for improvement of IAS managements are; 1) to elevate the political profile of the invasive alien species issue to establish new funding and policy support for invasive species management, 2) to invest strategically in new research partnerships to fill the enormous gaps in practical knowledge of invasive species management, 3) to enhance the capacity of field programs to manage invasive species and mitigate their impacts on priority landscapes, 4) cooperation with business and government in a public-private communications campaign that conveys the urgency of this issue and the promise of real progress through practical action, 5) to construct national and regional alien species database to exchange information and share knowledges of alien species.
Current Korean laws dealing with the IAS issue are Nature Conservation Law and Wildlife Protection Law, which designate and manage IAS in Korea. However, t