Moving Toward Global Strategies for Managing Invasive Alien Species

Meyerson, Laura A.; Pauchard, Aníbal; Brundu, G.; Carlton, James T.; Hierro, José L.; Kueffer, Christoph; Pandit, Maharaj K.; Pyšek, Petr; Richardson, David M.; Packer, Jasmin G.

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“…Economic and environmental losses caused by alien plants require urgent legal actions from governments and other policy makers [ 12 ]. To cope with the problem, plant invasions should also be addressed at an international level [ 13 ].…”

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Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns

Sennikov,

Lazkov

2024

Plants

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The first inventory of casual and naturalised alien plants of Kyrgyzstan is based on an overview of published data, which were re-assessed and re-evaluated using modern standards. Altogether, 151 alien species were registered in the country, of which nearly 40% became naturalised. The total number of alien plant species and the proportion of casual aliens are relatively low due to the harsh climatic conditions (high aridity and continentality) and predominantly high elevations. The highest number of alien plant species in Kyrgyzstan originated from the Mediterranean, which can be explained by some common climatic features between this area and Central Asia, but half of the ten most harmful aliens originated from the Americas. The intensity of plant invasions was the greatest during the period of the Russian Empire and the USSR, and this rapid accumulation of alien plants continues in independent Kyrgyzstan. The uneven distribution of alien plants in Kyrgyzstan is explained by different elevations and climatic conditions across its regions, as well as by the concentration of agricultural activities and human population along warm lowland depressions. More research is required to uncover pathways and particular times of introduction and to produce detailed distribution maps.

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Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns

Sennikov,

Lazkov

2024

Plants

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“…Although our example is limited just to a specific issue in a single country, it clearly illustrates the problem outlined by Meyerson et al. (2022) in the context of working towards effective modular programs for managing biological invasions globally. Comparing their approach to a continuum of Russian dolls of different sizes that nest inside one another, they call for a more integrative approach across multiple scales and stakeholders in order to bridge the existing gaps between science, management, and policy on IAS at various geopolitical dimensions.…”

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What starts with laughter ends in tears: Invasive alien species regulations should not hinder scientific research

Pietrzyk‐Kaszyńska,

Olszańska,

Najberek

et al. 2023

Conservation Letters.

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Biological invasions represent one of the major threats to the world's biodiversity. National and international efforts are taken to address the complexity and dynamic of invasions in legislation. However, based on the Polish experience of implementing the European Union's regulation on invasive alien species (IAS), we suggest that an unclear and disorganized process of law implementation results in the regulations being counterproductive. We describe how a well‐planned policy can become a burden impeding effective research and, consequently, scientific feedback to improve the policy. The results of our study suggest that there is a large scale of scientists' noncompliance with new legal requirements. For many researchers, the implementation of the new IAS regulation was changing the rules in the middle of the game. Researchers strictly following the new regulations must wait for the relevant permits and may risk the successful completion of their projects. Conversely, researchers who prioritize project completion may be forced to continue their research violating the law. We argue that this example of implementing the new IAS regulation illustrates the need to include some intermediate solutions providing more flexibility and time for researchers to adjust to policy change, thus minimizing the negative impacts of the new legislature on scientific progress.

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“…Overarching attempts to improve governance approaches for greater proactiveness towards invasions, for example by the European Commission (European Union 2014) or the US government (Reid et al 2021;Meyerson et al 2022), have successfully highlighted the importance of invasive alien species control and have formulated management prescriptions.…”

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

Ahmed¹,

Haubrock²,

Cuthbert³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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

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Moving Toward Global Strategies for Managing Invasive Alien Species

Cited by 10 publications

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Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns

Alien Plants of Kyrgyzstan: The First Complete Inventory, Distributions and Main Patterns

What starts with laughter ends in tears: Invasive alien species regulations should not hinder scientific research

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

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