The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment

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Autor(a) principal: Heringer, Gustavo
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Angulo, Elena, Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana, Capinha, César, Courchamp, Franck, Diagne, Christophe, Duboscq-Carra, Virginia Gisela, Nuñez, Martín Andrés, Zenni, Rafael Dudeque
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Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/51058
Resumo: Invasive alien species are responsible for a high economic impact on many sectors worldwide. Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of studies assessing these impacts in Central and South America. Investigating costs of invasions is important to motivate and guide policy responses by increasing stakeholders’ awareness and identifying action priorities. Here, we used the InvaCost database to investigate (i) the geographical pattern of biological invasion costs across the region; (ii) the monetary expenditure across taxa and impacted sectors; and (iii) the taxa responsible for more than 50% of the costs (hyper-costly taxa) per impacted sector and type of costs. The total of reliable and observed costs reported for biological invasions in Central and South America was USD 102.5 billion between 1975 and 2020, but about 90% of the total costs were reported for only three countries (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia). Costs per species were associated with geographical regions (i.e., South America, Central America and Islands) and with the area of the countries in km2. Most of the expenses were associated with damage costs (97.8%), whereas multiple sectors (77.4%), agriculture (15%) and public and social welfare (4.2%) were the most impacted sectors. Aedes spp. was the hyper-costly taxon for the terrestrial environment (costs of USD 25 billion) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was the hyper-costly taxon for the aquatic environment (USD 179.9 million). Six taxa were classified as hyper-costly for at least one impacted sector and two taxa for at least one type of cost. In conclusion, invasive alien species caused billions of dollars of economic burden in Central and South America, mainly in large countries of South America. Costs caused by invasive alien species were unevenly distributed across countries, impacted sectors, types of costs and taxa (hyper-costly taxa). These results suggest that impacted sectors should drive efforts to manage the species that are draining financial sources.
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spelling The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessmentBiological invasionsCentral AmericaEconomic costsEconomic impactHyper-costly speciesInvaCostSouth AmericaInvasive alien species are responsible for a high economic impact on many sectors worldwide. Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of studies assessing these impacts in Central and South America. Investigating costs of invasions is important to motivate and guide policy responses by increasing stakeholders’ awareness and identifying action priorities. Here, we used the InvaCost database to investigate (i) the geographical pattern of biological invasion costs across the region; (ii) the monetary expenditure across taxa and impacted sectors; and (iii) the taxa responsible for more than 50% of the costs (hyper-costly taxa) per impacted sector and type of costs. The total of reliable and observed costs reported for biological invasions in Central and South America was USD 102.5 billion between 1975 and 2020, but about 90% of the total costs were reported for only three countries (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia). Costs per species were associated with geographical regions (i.e., South America, Central America and Islands) and with the area of the countries in km2. Most of the expenses were associated with damage costs (97.8%), whereas multiple sectors (77.4%), agriculture (15%) and public and social welfare (4.2%) were the most impacted sectors. Aedes spp. was the hyper-costly taxon for the terrestrial environment (costs of USD 25 billion) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was the hyper-costly taxon for the aquatic environment (USD 179.9 million). Six taxa were classified as hyper-costly for at least one impacted sector and two taxa for at least one type of cost. In conclusion, invasive alien species caused billions of dollars of economic burden in Central and South America, mainly in large countries of South America. Costs caused by invasive alien species were unevenly distributed across countries, impacted sectors, types of costs and taxa (hyper-costly taxa). These results suggest that impacted sectors should drive efforts to manage the species that are draining financial sources.PensoftRepositório da Universidade de LisboaHeringer, GustavoAngulo, ElenaBallesteros-Mejia, LilianaCapinha, CésarCourchamp, FranckDiagne, ChristopheDuboscq-Carra, Virginia GiselaNuñez, Martín AndrésZenni, Rafael Dudeque2022-01-31T15:35:19Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/51058engHeringer, G., Angulo, E., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Capinha, C., Courchamp, F., Diagne, C., Duboscq-Carra, V. G., Nuñez, M. A. & Zenni, R. D. (2021). The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment. NeoBiota, 67, 401–426. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.67.591931619-003310.3897/neobiota.67.591931314-2488info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-11-20T18:11:30Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/51058Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-11-20T18:11:30Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
title The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
spellingShingle The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
Heringer, Gustavo
Biological invasions
Central America
Economic costs
Economic impact
Hyper-costly species
InvaCost
South America
title_short The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
title_full The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
title_fullStr The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
title_full_unstemmed The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
title_sort The economic costs of biological invasions in Central and South America: a first regional assessment
author Heringer, Gustavo
author_facet Heringer, Gustavo
Angulo, Elena
Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana
Capinha, César
Courchamp, Franck
Diagne, Christophe
Duboscq-Carra, Virginia Gisela
Nuñez, Martín Andrés
Zenni, Rafael Dudeque
author_role author
author2 Angulo, Elena
Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana
Capinha, César
Courchamp, Franck
Diagne, Christophe
Duboscq-Carra, Virginia Gisela
Nuñez, Martín Andrés
Zenni, Rafael Dudeque
author2_role author
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author
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author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Heringer, Gustavo
Angulo, Elena
Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana
Capinha, César
Courchamp, Franck
Diagne, Christophe
Duboscq-Carra, Virginia Gisela
Nuñez, Martín Andrés
Zenni, Rafael Dudeque
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biological invasions
Central America
Economic costs
Economic impact
Hyper-costly species
InvaCost
South America
topic Biological invasions
Central America
Economic costs
Economic impact
Hyper-costly species
InvaCost
South America
description Invasive alien species are responsible for a high economic impact on many sectors worldwide. Nevertheless, there is a scarcity of studies assessing these impacts in Central and South America. Investigating costs of invasions is important to motivate and guide policy responses by increasing stakeholders’ awareness and identifying action priorities. Here, we used the InvaCost database to investigate (i) the geographical pattern of biological invasion costs across the region; (ii) the monetary expenditure across taxa and impacted sectors; and (iii) the taxa responsible for more than 50% of the costs (hyper-costly taxa) per impacted sector and type of costs. The total of reliable and observed costs reported for biological invasions in Central and South America was USD 102.5 billion between 1975 and 2020, but about 90% of the total costs were reported for only three countries (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia). Costs per species were associated with geographical regions (i.e., South America, Central America and Islands) and with the area of the countries in km2. Most of the expenses were associated with damage costs (97.8%), whereas multiple sectors (77.4%), agriculture (15%) and public and social welfare (4.2%) were the most impacted sectors. Aedes spp. was the hyper-costly taxon for the terrestrial environment (costs of USD 25 billion) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) was the hyper-costly taxon for the aquatic environment (USD 179.9 million). Six taxa were classified as hyper-costly for at least one impacted sector and two taxa for at least one type of cost. In conclusion, invasive alien species caused billions of dollars of economic burden in Central and South America, mainly in large countries of South America. Costs caused by invasive alien species were unevenly distributed across countries, impacted sectors, types of costs and taxa (hyper-costly taxa). These results suggest that impacted sectors should drive efforts to manage the species that are draining financial sources.
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