Journal
NEOBIOTA
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages 53-78Publisher
PENSOFT PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.3897/neobiota.67.58147
Keywords
Economic damages; InvaCost; invasive alien species; monetary losses; non-English data; non-native species
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Funding
- French National Research Agency [ANR-14-CE02-0021]
- BNP-Paribas Foundation Climate Initiative
- AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology
- BiodivERsA and Belmont-Forum call 2018 on biodiversity scenarios
- PRIME programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS [0287-2021-0011]
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research [19-04-01029-A]
- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation [FEFE-2020-0014]
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- BiodivERsA-Belmont Forum Project AlienScenarios [BMBF/PT DLR 01LC1807C]
- AXA Research Fund Chair of Invasion Biology of University Paris Saclay
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In recent years, invasive species have caused economic losses in Asia totaling US$ 432.6 billion, with the highest costs attributed to insects and mammals, and India and China bearing the highest costs. However, economic cost estimations are lacking for most Asian countries and for over 96% of introduced species in Asia.
Invasive species have caused severe impacts on biodiversity and human society. Although the estimation of environmental impacts caused by invasive species has increased in recent years, economic losses associated with biological invasions are only sporadically estimated in space and time. In this study, we synthesized the losses incurred by invasions in Asia, based on the most comprehensive database of economic costs of invasive species worldwide, including 560 cost records for 88 invasive species in 22 countries. We also assessed the differences in economic costs across taxonomic groups, geographical regions and impacted sectors, and further identified the major gaps of current knowledge in Asia. Reported economic costs of biological invasions were estimated between 1965 and 2017, and reached a total of US$ 432.6 billion (2017 value), with dramatic increases in 2000-2002 and in 2004. The highest costs were recorded for terrestrial ectotherms, for species estimated in South Asia, and for species estimated at the country level, and were related to more than one impacted sector. Two taxonomic groups with the highest reported costs were insects and mammals, and two countries with the highest costs were India and China. Non-English data covered all of 12 taxonomic groups, whereas English data only covered six groups, highlighting the importance of considering data from non-English sources to have a more comprehensive estimation of economic costs associated with biological invasions. However, we found that the estimation of economic costs was lacking for most Asian countries and for more than 96% of introduced species in Asia. Further, the estimation is heavily biased towards insects and mammals and is very limited concerning expenditures on invasion management. To optimize the allocation of limited resources, there is an important need to better and more widely study the economic costs of invasive alien species. In this way, improved cost reporting and more collaborations between scientists and stakeholders are needed across Asia.
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