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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Using structured eradication feasibility assessment to prioritize the management of new and emerging invasive alien species in Europe
Global Change Biology, Volume 26, No. 11, Year 2020
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Prioritizing the management of invasive alien species (IAS) is of global importance and within Europe integral to the EU IAS regulation. To prioritize management effectively, the risks posed by IAS need to be assessed, but so too does the feasibility of their management. While the risk of IAS to the EU has been assessed, the feasibility of management has not. We assessed the feasibility of eradicating 60 new (not yet established) and 35 emerging (established with limited distribution) species that pose a threat to the EU, as identified by horizon scanning. The assessment was carried out by 34 experts in invasion management from across Europe, applying the Non-Native Risk Management scheme to defined invasion scenarios and eradication strategies for each species, assessing the feasibility of eradication using seven key risk management criteria. Management priorities were identified by combining scores for risk (derived from horizon scanning) and feasibility of eradication. The results show eradication feasibility score and risk score were not correlated, indicating that risk management criteria evaluate different information than risk assessment. In all, 17 new species were identified as particularly high priorities for eradication should they establish in the future, whereas 14 emerging species were identified as priorities for eradication now. A number of species considered highest priority for eradication were terrestrial vertebrates, a group that has been the focus of a number of eradication attempts in Europe. However, eradication priorities also included a diverse range of other taxa (plants, invertebrates and fish) suggesting there is scope to broaden the taxonomic range of attempted eradication in Europe. We demonstrate that broad scale structured assessments of management feasibility can help prioritize IAS for management. Such frameworks are needed to support evidence-based decision-making. © 2020 The Authors. Global Change Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Booy, Olaf
United Kingdom, Addlestone
Animal and Plant Health Agency
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Moore, Niall
United Kingdom, Addlestone
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Roy, Helen Elizabeth
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Uk Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Adriaens, Tim
Belgium, Brussels
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels
Shaw, Richard H.
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Cabi, United Kingdom
van Valkenburg, Johan Leonardus Cornelis Hendrikus S.
Unknown Affiliation
Bertolino, S.
Italy, Turin
Università Degli Studi Di Torino
Blight, Olivier
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Branquart, Etienne
Unknown Affiliation
Brundu, Giuseppe
Italy, Sassari
Università Degli Studi Di Sassari
Caffrey, Joe M.
Ireland, Dublin
Invas Biosecurity
Capizzi, Dario
Unknown Affiliation
Casaer, Jim
Belgium, Brussels
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels
de Clerck, Olivier
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Coughlan, Neil E.
United Kingdom, Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Jaimie Dick, Jaimie T.A.
United Kingdom, Belfast
Queen's University Belfast
Essl, Franz
Austria, Vienna
Universität Wien
Fried, Guillaume
Unknown Affiliation
Genovesi, Piero
Italy, Rome
Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
González-Moreno, Pablo
United Kingdom, Wallingford
Cabi, United Kingdom
Spain, Cordoba
Universidad de Córdoba
Jenkins, Stuart Rees
United Kingdom, Bangor
Bangor University
Lucy, Frances E.
Ireland, Killybegs
Atlantic Technological University
Nentwig, Wolfgang M.
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Newman, Jonathan R.
United Kingdom, Bristol
Environment Agency
Rabitsch, Wolfgang Bernhard
Austria, Vienna
Environment Agency Austria
Roy, Sugoto S.
Switzerland, Gland
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
Starfinger, Uwe
Germany, Quedlinburg
Julius Kühn-institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
Stebbing, Paul Douglas
United Kingdom, Stockport
Apem Limited
Tricarico, Elena
Italy, Florence
Università Degli Studi Di Firenze
Vanderhoeven, Sonia
Belgium, Brussels
Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Verreycken, Hugo
Belgium, Brussels
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussels
Mill, Aileen C.
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Statistics
Citations: 19
Authors: 32
Affiliations: 27
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/gcb.15280
ISSN:
13541013