Tackling invasive alien species in Europe: The top 20 issues

Joe M. Caffrey; Jan Robert Baars; Jenny H. Barbour; Pieter Boets; Philip Boon; Keith Davenport; Jaimie T.A. Dick; John Early; Lennart Edsman; Cathal Gallagher; Jackson Gross; Petri Heinimaa; Chris Horrill; Stéphanie Hudin; Philip E. Hulme; Stephen Hynes; Hugh J. Macisaac; Paul McLoone; Michael Millane; Toril L. Moen; Niall Moore; Jonathan Newman; Ruairi O’Conchuir; Martin O’Farrell; Colette O’Flynn; Birgit Oidtmann; Trevor Renals; Anthony Ricciardi; Helen Roy; Richard Shaw; Johan L.C.H. Van Valkenburg; Olaf Weyl; Frances Williams; Frances E. Lucy

doi:10.3391/mbi.2014.5.1.01

Tackling invasive alien species in Europe: The top 20 issues

Joe M. Caffrey, Jan Robert Baars, Jenny H. Barbour, Pieter Boets, Philip Boon, Keith Davenport, Jaimie T.A. Dick, John Early, Lennart Edsman, Cathal Gallagher, Jackson Gross, Petri Heinimaa, Chris Horrill, Stéphanie Hudin, Philip E. Hulme, Stephen Hynes, Hugh J. Macisaac, Paul McLoone, Michael Millane, Toril L. MoenNiall Moore, Jonathan Newman, Ruairi O’Conchuir, Martin O’Farrell, Colette O’Flynn, Birgit Oidtmann, Trevor Renals, Anthony Ricciardi, Helen Roy, Richard Shaw, Johan L.C.H. Van Valkenburg, Olaf Weyl, Frances Williams, Frances E. Lucy

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Globally, Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are considered to be one of the major threats to native biodiversity, with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) citing their impacts as ‘immense, insidious, and usually irreversible’. It is estimated that 11% of the c. 12,000 alien species in Europe are invasive, causing environmental, economic and social damage; and it is reasonable to expect that the rate of biological invasions into Europe will increase in the coming years. In order to assess the current position regarding IAS in Europe and to determine the issues that were deemed to be most important or critical regarding these damaging species, the international Freshwater Invasives - Networking for Strategy (FINS) conference was convened in Ireland in April 2013. Delegates from throughout Europe and invited speakers from around the world were brought together for the conference. These comprised academics, applied scientists, policy makers, politicians, practitioners and representative stakeholder groups. A horizon scanning and issue prioritization approach was used by in excess of 100 expert delegates in a workshop setting to elucidate the Top 20 IAS issues in Europe. These issues do not focus solely on freshwater habitats and taxa but relate also to marine and terrestrial situations. The Top 20 issues that resulted represent a tool for IAS management and should also be used to support policy makers as they prepare European IAS legislation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-20
Number of pages	20
Journal	Management of Biological Invasions
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2014.5.1.01
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Biosecurity
EU legislation
Early warning
Economic analysis
Horizon scanning
Knowledge exchange
Networking
Rapid response
Risk assessment

UN SDGs

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Caffrey, J. M., Baars, J. R., Barbour, J. H., Boets, P., Boon, P., Davenport, K., Dick, J. T. A., Early, J., Edsman, L., Gallagher, C., Gross, J., Heinimaa, P., Horrill, C., Hudin, S., Hulme, P. E., Hynes, S., Macisaac, H. J., McLoone, P., Millane, M., ... Lucy, F. E. (2014). Tackling invasive alien species in Europe: The top 20 issues. Management of Biological Invasions, 5(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2014.5.1.01

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