Scientific and Normative Foundations for the Valuation of Alien-Species Impacts: Thirteen Core Principles

Essl, Franz; Hulme, Philip E.; Jeschke, Jonathan M.; Keller, Reuben P.; Pyšek, Petr; Richardson, David M.; Saul, Wolf‐Christian; Bacher, Sven; Dullinger, Stefan; Estévez, Rodrigo A.; Kueffer, Christoph; Roy, Helen E.; Seebens, Hanno; Rabitsch, Wolfgang

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“…Specifically, interdisciplinarity at the interface of ecological and social sciences is needed for understanding and managing invasions as an inherent social-ecological phenomenon (''the human dimension '' sensu McNeely 2001). Such interdisciplinarity has been advocated to do the following: (1) understand the multiple ecological and social drivers of invasions (Kueffer 2013); (2) clarify social conflicts, interests, values, perceptions, and attitudes associated with non-native and invasive species (Larson 2005;Estévez et al 2014;Humair et al 2014a;Kueffer and Kull 2017); and (3) improve tools and strategies for management and policy (Kueffer and Hirsch Hadorn 2008;Matzek et al 2013;Essl et al 2017). …”

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“…species transportation, establishment and spread, biological interactions, and invasion costs and benefits to human systems (Richardson 2011a;Essl et al 2017). The pivotal role of (interdisciplinary) social-ecological approaches in invasion science has already been recognised (Kueffer and Hirsch Hadorn 2008;Richardson 2011a;Estévez et al 2014;Courchamp et al 2017), specifically by economists, geographers, historians, philosophers, politicians, and sociologists (e.g.…”

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“…Larson 2005;Carruthers et al 2011;Hattingh 2011;Kull et al 2011;Rotherham and Lambert 2011;. Contributions from these scholars call for the elucidation of feedbacks between ecological and social drivers (Kueffer 2013;Matzek et al 2013), and the valuation of invasion effects which are co-produced by society, scientific facts, and cultural norms (McNeely 2001;Hattingh 2011;Kull et al 2011;Estévez et al 2014;Jeschke et al 2014;Tassin and Kull 2015;Essl et al 2017;Kueffer and Kull 2017). Other scholars have also focused on the role of societal beliefs, perceptions, memory, and cultural aspects related to non-native and invasive species that shape human attitudes, and therefore decisions relating to these species management (e.g.…”

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“…Given the growing appeal of interdisciplinarity, experts have called for a reframing of invasion science as a problem-oriented and multidisciplinary science, rather than a purely ecological science (Kueffer and Hirsch Hadorn 2008;Kueffer 2013;Estévez et al 2014;Essl et al 2017). As in the case of other environmental challenges (Liu et al 2007;Larson 2011;Tengö et al 2014;Rissman and Gillon 2016;Bennett et al 2017), a socialecological lens can help to reframe invasion science (e.g.…”

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Interdisciplinarity is needed to gain knowledge of the ecology of invasive species and invaded ecosystems, and of the human dimensions of biological invasions. We combine a quantitative literature review with a qualitative historical narrative to document the progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science since 1950. Our review shows that 92.4% of interdisciplinary publications (out of 9192) focus on ecological questions, 4.4% on social ones, and 3.2% on social-ecological ones. The emergence of invasion science out of ecology might explain why interdisciplinarity has remained mostly within the natural sciences. Nevertheless, invasion science is attracting social-ecological collaborations to understand ecological challenges, and to develop novel approaches to address new ideas, concepts, and invasion-related questions between scholars and stakeholders. We discuss ways to reframe invasion science as a field centred on interlinked socialecological dynamics to bring science, governance and society together in a common effort to deal with invasions.

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“…In many situations, these are the outcome of differences in values, interests and risk perceptions that lead to differences in the framing of contested issues. 61 For instance, narrow framings of contested issues such as forest plantations, biofuels, or land-use decisions may consequently exclude (or downplay) indirect effects in the analysis such as the full impact on carbon/greenhouse gas balances via, for example, indirect land-use changes or creating carbon debts. 15 Based on the scientific evidence, we argue that appropriate evaluations of ) and around four-fifth of it are currently used by humans with more or less strong effects on ecosystem properties.…”

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Fundamental economic and societal transformations are necessary to avoid dangerous climate change. One broad policy approach that addresses the close relationship between conservation and climate change mitigation is based on correcting a market failure, that is, to establish a price signal for carbon, or more generally, greenhouse gas emissions. While many synergies between climate policy instruments and biodiversity conservation do exist, current policies often fall short of harvesting this potential. Here, we present six key challenges: (1) establishing a strong price signal for greenhouse gas emissions from all emission sources (including land-use and the terrestrial biosphere) that takes into account long-term societal and ecological costs; (2) expand carbon market instruments to cover the full range of greenhouse gases; (3) develop an ambitious, yet accountable architecture for rising emission prices; (4) develop guidelines and ensure enforcement to avoid greenhouse gas leakage; (5) improve greenhouse gas emission measurements from land-use and the biosphere; and (6) integrate emission reduction as a priority into relevant policies. Substantial synergies, but also trade-offs between climate policy and conservation exist, and we identify key risks and challenges. We call for (1) evidence-based evaluations of policy options; (2) avoiding too narrow framings of contested issues such as forest plantations, biofuels, or land-use decisions that exclude (or downplay) indirect effects (e.g., indirect land-use changes or creating carbon debts); and (3) strengthening integrated analyzes beyond sector policy goals. We conclude that avoiding bio-perverse impacts of climate policies on biodiversity will be crucial for the success of global climate change mitigation.

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Scientific and Normative Foundations for the Valuation of Alien-Species Impacts: Thirteen Core Principles

Abstract: Biological invasions cause many impacts that differ widely in how they

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The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

The progress of interdisciplinarity in invasion science

Climate change, carbon market instruments, and biodiversity: focusing on synergies and avoiding pitfalls

Spatiotemporal variation of common ragweed soil seed bank density in cornfields

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