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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Using the IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa to inform decision-making
Conservation Biology, Year 2023
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The Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT) is an important tool for biological invasion policy and management and has been adopted as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) standard to measure the severity of environmental impacts caused by organisms living outside their native ranges. EICAT has already been incorporated into some national and local decision-making procedures, making it a particularly relevant resource for addressing the impact of non-native species. Recently, some of the underlying conceptual principles of EICAT, particularly those related to the use of the precautionary approach, have been challenged. Although still relatively new, guidelines for the application and interpretation of EICAT will be periodically revisited by the IUCN community, based on scientific evidence, to improve the process. Some of the criticisms recently raised are based on subjectively selected assumptions that cannot be generalized and may harm global efforts to manage biological invasions. EICAT adopts a precautionary principle by considering a species’ impact history elsewhere because some taxa have traits that can make them inherently more harmful. Furthermore, non-native species are often important drivers of biodiversity loss even in the presence of other pressures. Ignoring the precautionary principle when tackling the impacts of non-native species has led to devastating consequences for human well-being, biodiversity, and ecosystems, as well as poor management outcomes, and thus to significant economic costs. EICAT is a relevant tool because it supports prioritization and management of non-native species and meeting and monitoring progress toward the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Target 6. © 2023 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kumschick, Sabrina
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
South Africa, Pretoria
South African National Biodiversity Institute
Bertolino, S.
Italy, Turin
Università Degli Studi Di Torino
Blackburn, Tim M.
United Kingdom, London
University College London
United Kingdom, London
Zoological Society of London
Brundu, Giuseppe
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
De Groot, Maarten
Slovenia, Ljubljana
Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije
Evans, Thomas G.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Université Paris-saclay
Gallardo, Belinda
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Genovesi, Piero
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Italy, Rome
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Jeschke, Jonathan M.
Germany, Berlin
Leibniz-institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany, Berlin
Berlin-brandenburgisches Institut Für Biodiversitätsforschung
Lapin, Katharina
Austria, Vienna
Bundesforschungszentrum Für Wald
Measey, John
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
China, Kunming
Yunnan University
Novoa, Ana
Czech Republic, Prague
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Nunes, Ana Luísa
United Kingdom, Cambridge
International Union for Conservation of Nature Iucn
Probert, Anna F.
Australia, Armidale
University of new England Australia
Pyšek, Petr
Czech Republic, Prague
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Prague
Charles University
Preda, Cristina
Romania, Constanta
Ovidius University of Constanta
Rabitsch, Wolfgang Bernhard
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Roy, Helen Elizabeth
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Smith, Kevin G.
United Kingdom, Cambridge
International Union for Conservation of Nature Iucn
Tricarico, Elena
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Vilà, Montserrat
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Spain, Sevilla
Universidad de Sevilla
Vimercati, Giovanni
Switzerland, Fribourg
University of Fribourg
Bacher, Sven
Switzerland, Fribourg
University of Fribourg
Statistics
Authors: 23
Affiliations: 25
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/cobi.14214
ISSN:
08888892
Research Areas
Health System And Policy