Biological Invasion Costs Reveal Insufficient Proactive Management Worldwide

Description:

The global increase in biological invasions is placing growing pressure on the management of ecological and economic systems. However, the effectiveness of current management expenditure is difficult to assess due to a lack of standardised measurement across spatial, taxonomic and temporal scales. Furthermore, there is no quantification of the spending difference between pre-invasion (e.g. prevention) and post-invasion (e.g. control) stages, although preventative measures are considered to be the most cost-effective. Here, we use a comprehensive database of invasive alien species economic costs (InvaCost) to synthesise and model the global management costs of biological invasions, in order to provide a better understanding of the stage at which these expenditures occur.

Display date:

2022

Location:

Worldwide

Collections:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Publisher:

Elsevier

Content partner:

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Availability:

Not specified