Contributors
Foreword / Fang-Hao Wan
Preface / Carol A. Ellison, K.V. Sankaran and Sean T. Murphy
Acknowledgements
1. Invasive alien plants as a constraint to development in tropical Asia: is there a crisis in the making? / Sean T. Murphy
2. Profile of an invasive plant: Mikania micrantha / Carol A. Ellison and K.V. Sankaran
3. Social and economic implications of Mikania micrantha in the Kerala Western Ghats / V. Anitha, K.V. Santheep and Jyotsna Krishnakumar
4. Impacts and management options for Mikania micrantha in plantations / K.V. Sankaran, Soekisman Tjitrosemito and Soetikno S. Sastroutomo
5. Mikania micrantha: its status and impact on people and wildlife in Nepal / Hem Sagar Baral and Bhaskar Adhikari
6. Impact and management of invasive alien plants in Pacific island communities / Warea Orapa
7. Understanding the impact of invasive Mikania micrantha in shifting agriculture and its management through traditional ecological knowledge / P.S. Ramakrishnan
8. Prevention and related measures for invasive alien plants in India: policy framework and other initiatives / Ravi Khetarpal, Kavita Gupta, Usha Dev and Kavya Dashora
9. Control options for invasive alien plants in agroforestry in the Asia-Pacific region / K.V. Sankaran
10. Classical biological control of Mikania micrantha: the sustainable solution / Carol A. Ellison and Matthew J.W. Cock


11. Policy frameworks for the implementation of a classical biological control strategy: the Chinese experience / Jianqing Ding
12. Policy frameworks for the implementation of a classical biological control strategy: the Indian experience / R.J. Rabindra, P. Sreerama Kumar and Abraham Verghese.