TY - JOUR
T1 - Management policies for invasive alien species
T2 - Addressing the impacts rather than the species
AU - Garcia Diaz, Pablo
AU - Cassey, Phillip
AU - Norbury, Grant L.
AU - Lambin, Xavier
AU - Montti, Lia
AU - Pizarro, José Cristóbal
AU - Powell, Priscila A.
AU - Burslem, David F.R.P.
AU - Cava, Mário
AU - Damasceno, Gabriella
AU - Fasola, Laura
AU - Fidelis, Alessandra
AU - Huerta, Magdalena F.
AU - Langdon, Bárbara
AU - Linardaki, Eirini
AU - Moyano, Jaime
AU - Nuñez, Martín A.
AU - Pauchard, Aníbal
AU - Phimister, Euan
AU - Raffo, Eduardo
AU - Roesler, Ignacio
AU - Rodríguez-Jorquera, Ignacio
AU - Tomasevic, Jorge A.
N1 - Acknowledgments:
The research and a workshop (December 2019, Centro
Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina) where the ideas presented in the manuscript arose and were discussed were funded by Project CONTAIN funded under the Latin American Biodiversity Programme as part of the Newton Fund (grant
no. NE/S011641/1), with contributions from NERC, the
Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council
(CONICET grant no. 2019-74-APN-DIR#CONICET), the
Brazilian São Paulo Research Foundation (grant no. FAPESP
2018/14995-8), and the Chilean National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). Three anonymous reviewers provided feedback that helped us improve earlier versions of our article. AF was supported by a productivity grant (no. CNPq 303988/2018-5). GD was
supported by PhD scholarship FAPESP no.2018/09054-0. JCP thanks the support of the Center for the Socioeconomic Impact of Environmental Policies, CESIEP of The
Millennium Science Initiative (MSI) of Chile. Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, Gobierno de Chile, is one of the
CONTAIN project partners, and it is represented by ER in this article. However, the opinions and results presented in this document are entirely those from ER and may not represent SAG position on the topic
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Effective long-term management is needed to address the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) that cannot be eradicated. We describe the fundamental characteristics of long-term management policies for IAS, diagnose a major shortcoming, and outline how to produce effective IAS management. Key international and transnational management policies conflate addressing IAS impacts with controlling IAS populations. This serious purpose–implementation gap can preclude the development of broader portfolios of interventions to tackle IAS impacts. We posit that IAS management strategies should directly address impacts via impact-based interventions, and we propose six criteria to inform the choice of these interventions. We review examples of interventions focused on tackling IAS impacts, including IAS control, which reveal the range of interventions available and their varying effectiveness in counteracting IAS impacts. As the impacts caused by IAS increase globally, stakeholders need to have access to a broader and more effective set of tools to respond.
AB - Effective long-term management is needed to address the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) that cannot be eradicated. We describe the fundamental characteristics of long-term management policies for IAS, diagnose a major shortcoming, and outline how to produce effective IAS management. Key international and transnational management policies conflate addressing IAS impacts with controlling IAS populations. This serious purpose–implementation gap can preclude the development of broader portfolios of interventions to tackle IAS impacts. We posit that IAS management strategies should directly address impacts via impact-based interventions, and we propose six criteria to inform the choice of these interventions. We review examples of interventions focused on tackling IAS impacts, including IAS control, which reveal the range of interventions available and their varying effectiveness in counteracting IAS impacts. As the impacts caused by IAS increase globally, stakeholders need to have access to a broader and more effective set of tools to respond.
KW - alien species
KW - decision criteria
KW - impact-based management
KW - population control and suppression
KW - uncertaintiy
U2 - 10.1093/biosci/biaa139
DO - 10.1093/biosci/biaa139
M3 - Article
VL - 71
SP - 174
EP - 185
JO - BioScience
JF - BioScience
SN - 0006-3568
IS - 2
ER -