Recent advances in availability and synthesis of the economic costs of biological invasions

BioScience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 73(8), С. 560 - 574

Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2023

Biological invasions are a global challenge that has received insufficient attention. Recently available cost syntheses have provided policy- and decision makers with reliable up-to-date information on the economic impacts of biological invasions, aiming to motivate effective management. The resultant InvaCost database is now publicly freely accessible enables rapid extraction monetary information. This facilitated knowledge sharing, developed more integrated multidisciplinary network researchers, forged collaborations among diverse organizations stakeholders. Over 50 scientific publications so far used detailed assessments invasion costs across geographic, taxonomic, spatiotemporal scales. These studies important can guide future policy legislative decisions management while simultaneously attracting public media We provide an overview improved availability, reliability, standardization, defragmentation costs; discuss how this enhanced science as discipline; outline directions for development.

Язык: Английский

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Benefits do not balance costs of biological invasions

BioScience, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 74(5), С. 340 - 344

Опубликована: Март 1, 2024

Abstract Biological invasions have profound impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning services, resulting in substantial economic health costs estimated the trillions of dollars. Preventing managing biological are vital for sustainable development, aligning with goals United Nations Biodiversity Conference. However, some invasive species also offer occasional benefits, leading to divergent perceptions among stakeholders sectors. Claims that invasion science overlooks positive contributions threaten hinder proper impact assessment undermine management. Quantitatively balancing benefits is misleading, because they coexist without offsetting each other. Any come at a price, affecting communities regions differently over time. An integrated approach considering both necessary understanding effective management invasions.

Язык: Английский

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Environmental DNA methods for biosecurity and invasion biology in terrestrial ecosystems: Progress, pitfalls, and prospects

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 926, С. 171810 - 171810

Опубликована: Март 19, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Economic costs of non-native species in Türkiye: A first national synthesis

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 358, С. 120779 - 120779

Опубликована: Апрель 10, 2024

Biological invasions are increasingly recognised as a major global change that erodes ecosystems, societal well-being, and economies. However, comprehensive analyses of their economic ramifications missing for most national economies, despite rapidly escalating costs globally. Türkiye is highly vulnerable to biological owing its extensive transport network trade connections well unique transcontinental position at the interface Europe Asia. This study presents first analysis reported caused by in Türkiye. The InvaCost database which compiles invasive non-native species' monetary was used, complemented with cost searches specific Türkiye, describe spatial taxonomic attributes costly species, types costs, temporal trends. total attributed species (from 202 reporting documents) amounted US$ 4.1 billion from 1960 2022. data were only available 87 out 872 (10%) known Costs biased towards few hyper-costly taxa, such jellyfish, stink bugs, locusts. Among impacted sectors, agriculture bore highest cost, reaching 2.85 billion, followed fishery sector 1.20 billion. Management (i.e., control eradication) were, against expectations, substantially higher than damage (US$ 2.89 vs. 28.4 million). Yearly incurred rose exponentially over time, 504 million per year 2020-2022 predicted increase further next 10 years. A large deficit records compared other countries also shown, suggesting larger underestimate typically observed. These findings underscore need improved recording preventative management strategies reduce future post-invasion help inform decisions manage burdens posed species. insights emphasise crucial role standardised accurately estimating associated prioritisation communication purposes.

Язык: Английский

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Phenological mismatches mitigate the ecological impact of a biological invader on amphibian communities

Ecological Applications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 34(6)

Опубликована: Авг. 8, 2024

Horizon scans have emerged as a valuable tool to anticipate the incoming invasive alien species (IAS) by judging on their potential impacts. However, little research has been conducted quantifying actual impacts and assessing causes of species-specific vulnerabilities particular IAS due persistent methodological challenges. The underlying interspecific mechanisms driving therefore remain poorly understood, even though they can substantially improve accuracy risk assessments. Given that interactions ecological are often shaped phenological synchrony, we tested hypothesis temporal mismatches in breeding phenology between native mitigate Focusing American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), combined an environmental DNA (eDNA) quantitative barcoding metabarcoding survey Belgium with global meta-analysis, integrated citizen-science data phenology. We examined whether presence amphibian was negatively related or abundance bullfrogs this relationship affected mismatches. field study revealed significant negative effect increasing eDNA concentrations richness community structure. These observations were bullfrogs, late spring- summer-breeding being strongly affected, while winter-breeding remained unaffected. This trend confirmed meta-analysis. A observed mismatch impact bullfrogs. Specifically, differing 6 weeks less from more likely be absent than whose differed Taken together, present novel method based combination aqueous quantify biological invaders at level. show strong predictor invasion regardless context. Therefore, advocate for integration alignment IAS's phenologies into frameworks.

Язык: Английский

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A Holistic Catchment‐Scale Framework to Guide Flood and Drought Mitigation Towards Improved Biodiversity Conservation and Human Wellbeing

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT As climatic extremity intensifies, a fundamental rethink is needed to promote the sustainable use of freshwater resources. Both floods and droughts, including water scarcity, are exacerbating declines in river biodiversity ecosystem services, with consequences for both people nature. Although this global challenge, densely populated regions such as Europe, East Asia North‐America, well most affected by climate change, particularly vulnerable. To date mitigation measures have mainly focused on individual, local‐scale targets, often neglecting hydrological connectivity within catchments interactions among hydrology, biodiversity, change human wellbeing. A comprehensive approach improve infiltration, retention groundwater recharge, thereby mitigating impacts heavy rainfall droughts scarcity. We propose holistic catchment‐scale framework that combines conventional civil engineering methods, nature‐based solutions conservation actions. This integrates legislation, substantial funding governance structure transcends administrative discipline boundaries, enabling coordinated actions across multiple spatial temporal scales. It necessitates collaboration local regional stakeholders citizens, scientists practitioners. vision management resources could synergistic effects support mitigate functional ecosystems deliver benefits people.

Язык: Английский

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Climate-Driven Invasion Risks of Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) in Europe Predicted Through Species Distribution Modelling

Agriculture, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(7), С. 684 - 684

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

Invasive species pose a growing threat to global biodiversity, agricultural productivity, and ecosystem health, as climate change worsens their spread. This study focused on modelling the current projected distribution of Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman), an invasive pest with potentially devastating impacts crops natural vegetation across Europe. Using MaxEnt model, we integrated occurrence data bioclimatic variables, analyzing future scenarios based Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP5-8.5) for near-term (2021–2040) mid-term (2041–2060) periods. By reclassifying model results, identified European regions negligible, low, medium, high exposure this under pathways. The results in central Europe covering area 83,807 km2 that are currently at medium risk infestation. Future projections suggest northward expansion suitable areas increasing 120,436 worst-case scenario, particularly northern Italy, southern Germany, Western Balkans, parts France. These spatially explicit findings can inform targeted monitoring, early detection, management strategies mitigate economic ecological threats posed by beetle. Integrating is imperative science-based policies tackle challenge biological invasions. research provides framework assessing invasion risks scale guiding adaptive responses systems.

Язык: Английский

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Emerging advances in biosecurity to underpin human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health

iScience, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 26(9), С. 107462 - 107462

Опубликована: Июль 31, 2023

One Biosecurity is an interdisciplinary approach to policy and research that builds on the interconnections between human, animal, plant, ecosystem health effectively prevent mitigate impacts of invasive alien species. To support this requires key cross-sectoral innovations be identified prioritized. Following horizon scan for emerging underpins Biosecurity, four major interlinked advances were identified: implementation new surveillance technologies adopting state-of-the-art sensors connected Internet Things, deployable handheld molecular genomic tracing tools, incorporation wellbeing diverse human values into biosecurity decision-making, sophisticated socio-environmental models data capture. The relevance applicability these address threats from pathogens, pests, weeds in both terrestrial aquatic ecosystems emphasize opportunity build critical mass around teams at a global scale can rapidly advance science solutions targeting threats.

Язык: Английский

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On the effectiveness of public awareness campaigns for the management of invasive species

Environmental Conservation, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 50(4), С. 202 - 211

Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2023

Summary Invasive species can have disastrous effects on the ecosystems they invade, requiring costly, labour-intensive mitigation. Public awareness campaigns are often used as a tool to reduce these species’ impacts. While heralded useful and cost-effective, little evidence suggests that contribute meaningful biological outcomes. Furthermore, relatively understudied despite their usage common approach mitigating invasive species. We conducted literature review assess publications evaluated efficacy of public for managing Out 4382 papers initially extracted analysis, we determined 24 them included studies Four were deemed ‘success’, other campaigns’ success was indeterminable due study design. Our revealed inconsistencies in defined end points, unclear procedures variability there being insufficient determine campaigns. To evaluate true campaigns, recommend organizations conducting such implement rigorous standardized assessments (e.g., Before–After Control–Impact designs or Bayesian analyses) include measures not just changes knowledge behaviour target audiences, but also relevant

Язык: Английский

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Widespread imprecision in estimates of the economic costs of invasive alien species worldwide

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 909, С. 167997 - 167997

Опубликована: Окт. 30, 2023

Several hundred studies have attempted to estimate the monetary cost arising from management and/or impacts of invasive alien species. However, diversity methods used costs species, types that been reported, and spatial scales at which they assessed raise important questions as precision these reported costs. Benford's Law has increasingly a diagnostic tool assess accuracy reliability estimates in financial accounts but rarely applied audit data on environmental Therefore, distributions first, second- leading double-digits biological invasions, InvaCost database, were compared with null expectations under Law. There was strong evidence invasions departed considerably departures scale equal found global macroeconomic data. The rounding upwards appears be widespread. Furthermore, numerical heaping, where values cluster around specific numbers evident only 901 unique accounting for half 13,553 within database. Irrespective currency, value 1,000,000 most common estimate. An investigation anomalous entries concluded non-peer reviewed official government reports need provide greater detail regarding how are estimated. Despite undeniably high economic worldwide, individual records often imprecise possibly inflated this emphasises transparency rigour when reporting invasions. Identifying whether irregularities general other should research priority.

Язык: Английский

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