Economic costs of invasive alien species across Europe
2021
Haubrock, Phillip J. | Turbelin, Anna J. | Cuthbert, Ross N. | Novoa, Ana | Taylor, Nigel G. | Angulo, Elena | Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana | Bodey, Thomas W. | Capinha, Cesar | Diagne, Christophe | Essl, Franz | Golivets, Marina | Kirichenko, Natalia | Kourantidou, Melina | Leroy, Boris | Renault, D | Verbrugge, Laura | Courchamp, Franck | Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters [University of South Bohemia] ; University of South Bohemia | Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum [Frankfurt] ; Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research - Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung ; Leibniz Association-Leibniz Association | Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE) ; AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research [Kiel] (GEOMAR) | Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB) | Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague] (CAS) | Institut de recherche de la Tour du Valat | University of Aberdeen | University of Exeter | Universidade Nova de Lisboa = NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA) | University of Vienna [Vienna] | Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) | Siberian Federal University (SibFU) | V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest ; Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) | University of Southern Denmark (SDU) | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) | Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA) ; Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN) ; Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA) | Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] (ECOBIO) ; Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut Ecologie et Environnement (INEE) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR) ; Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) ; Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) | Aalto University | Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki | French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-14-CE02-0021]; BNP-Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative; AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology; BiodivERsA; EXPRO (Czech Science Foundation) [19-28807X]; Czech Academy of SciencesCzech Academy of Sciences [RVO 67985939]; Portuguese National Funds through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [CEECIND/02037/2017, UIDB/00295/2020, UIDP/00295/2020]; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [747120]; BiodivERsA-Belmont Forum Project \"Alien Scenarios\" [BMBF/PT DLR 01LC1807C]; Russian Foundation for Basic ResearchRussian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) [19-04-01029-A]; Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS [0287-2021-0011]; AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology of University Paris Saclay; Belmont-Forum call 2018 on biodiversity scenarios | French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR-14-CE02-0021]; BNP-Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative; AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology; BiodivERsA; EXPRO (Czech Science Foundation) [19-28807X]; Czech Academy of SciencesCzech Academy of Sciences [RVO 67985939]; Portuguese National Funds through Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [CEECIND/02037/2017, UIDB/00295/2020, UIDP/00295/2020]; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant [747120]; BiodivERsA-Belmont Forum Project \"Alien Scenarios\" [BMBF/PT DLR 01LC1807C]; Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) [19-04-01029-A]; Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS [0287-2021-0011]; AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology of University Paris Saclay; Belmont-Forum call 2018 on biodiversity scenarios | ANR-14-CE02-0021,InvaCosts,Insectes envahissants et leurs couts pour la biodiversité, l'économie et la santé humaine(2014)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. Biological invasions continue to threaten the stability of ecosystems and societies that are dependent on their services. Whilst the ecological impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) have been widely reported in recent decades, there remains a paucity of information concerning their economic impacts. Europe has strong trade and transport links with the rest of the world, facilitating hundreds of IAS incursions, and largely centralised decision-making frameworks. The present study is the first comprehensive and detailed effort that quantifies the costs of IAS collectively across European countries and examines temporal trends in these data. In addition, the distributions of costs across countries, socioeconomic sectors and taxonomic groups are examined, as are socio-economic correlates of management and damage costs. Total costs of IAS in Europe summed to US$140.20 billion (or euro116.61 billion) between 1960 and 2020, with the majority (60%) being damage-related and impacting multiple sectors. Costs were also geographically widespread but dominated by impacts in large western and central European countries, i.e. the UK, Spain, France, and Germany. Human population size, land area, GDP, and tourism were significant predictors of invasion costs, with management costs additionally predicted by numbers of introduced species, research effort and trade. Temporally, invasion costs have increased exponentially through time, with up to US$23.58 billion (euro19.64 billion) in 2013, and US$139.56 billion (euro116.24 billion) in impacts extrapolated in 2020. Importantly, although these costs are substantial, there remain knowledge gaps on several geographic and taxonomic scales, indicating that these costs are severely underestimated. We, thus, urge increased and improved cost reporting for economic impacts of IAS and coordinated international action to prevent further spread and mitigate impacts of IAS populations.
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