Biodiversity and Sustainability

Verma, Akshaya Kumar; Rout, Prangya Ranjan; Lee, Eunseok; Bhunia, Puspendu; Bae, Jinhee; Surampalli, Rao Y.; Zhang, Tian C.; Tyagi, Rajeshwar Dayal; Lin, Pengfei; Chen, Yu

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“…Biological invasions, alongside climate change, pollution, habitats destruction and overexploitation, are direct drivers of change and loss in biodiversity (Bellard et al 2012;Elbakidze et al 2018;Hughes et al 2020;Liu et al 2020;Verma et al 2020). With the continuous escalation in the number of transported species (Seebens et al 2017), the threat to biodiversity incurred by invasive alien species, i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These investigations subsequently allow for the establishment of action prioritisations for the management of invasive alien species. Yet, and surprisingly, while our understanding of the effects of biological invasions on biodiversity and the environment is growing (Simberloff et al 2013;Castro-Diez et al 2016;Braun et al 2019;Verma et al 2020), their impacts on economic activities, and the overall costs they are generating, have in parallel remained understudied (IUCN 2018). Information on the socio-economic impacts of invasive species is essential to identify effective management approaches and optimise transboundary legislation (Dana et al 2013;Caffrey et al 2014;Chaffin et al 2016;Diagne et al 2020a).…”

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Biological invasions in France: Alarming costs and even more alarming knowledge gaps

Renault¹,

Manfrini²,

Leroy³

et al. 2021

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The ever-increasing number of introduced species profoundly threatens global biodiversity. While the ecological and evolutionary consequences of invasive alien species are receiving increasing attention, their economic impacts have largely remained understudied, especially in France. Here, we aimed at providing a general overview of the monetary losses (damages caused by) and expenditures (management of) associated with invasive alien species in France. This country has a long history of alien species presence, partly due to its long-standing global trade activities, highly developed tourism, and presence of overseas territories in different regions of the globe, resulting in a conservative minimum of 2,750 introduced and invasive alien species. By synthesizing for the first time the monetary losses and expenditures incurred by invasive alien species in Metropolitan France and French overseas territories, we obtained 1,583 cost records for 98 invasive alien species. We found that they caused a conservative total amount ranging between US$ 1,280 million and 11,535 million in costs over the period 1993–2018. We extrapolated costs for species invading France, for which costs were reported in other countries but not in France, which yielded an additional cost ranging from US$ 151 to 3,030 millions. Damage costs were nearly eight times higher than management expenditure. Insects, and in particular the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus and the yellow fever mosquito Ae. aegypti, totalled very high economic costs, followed by non-graminoid terrestrial flowering and aquatic plants (Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ludwigia sp. and Lagarosiphon major). Over 90% of alien species currently recorded in France had no costs reported in the literature, resulting in high biases in taxonomic, regional and activity sector coverages. To conclude, we report alarming costs and even more alarming knowledge gaps. Our results should raise awareness of the importance of biosecurity and biosurveillance in France, and beyond, as well as the crucial need for better reporting and documentation of cost data.

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Biological invasions in France: Alarming costs and even more alarming knowledge gaps

Renault¹,

Manfrini²,

Leroy³

et al. 2021

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“…Contribution of biodiversity to societal well-being, human health and ecosystem services [117] and social systems that reflect the interaction between humans and the biological systems as an indicator of sustainability accomplishment including the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity in ecosystems (essential for sustainable ecology) [49] Changes, actions, innovations and impacts to promote (1) societal well-being, (2) human health, (3) ecosystem services, (4) social systems that consider sustainable interactions between humans and the biological systems as indicators of sustainability accomplishments and (5) the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity in ecosystems…”

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Exploring Social Sustainability Handprint—Part 2: Sustainable Development and Sustainability

Husgafvel

2021

Sustainability

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Social sustainability is a major part of both sustainable development and sustainability including societal sustainability and overall promotion of more sustainable societies taking into account multiple social/society–environment relationships and interfaces. These contexts have a strong focus on both present and future generations, encompassing sustainable development of both people and the planet. Social sustainability handprints provide many opportunities to promote social sustainability management and assessment by organizations and people and to create changes and encourage actions that contribute to overall social and societal sustainability. This study applied qualitative approaches to explore social sustainability handprints from the perspectives of sustainable development, sustainability, social and societal sustainability and sustainability assessment and indicators. This study addressed a clear research gap and aimed at identifying key definitions, elements, approaches and development focus areas within these frameworks as well as at suggesting associated implications for social sustainability handprint development. The findings suggest that social sustainability handprints can be created through multiple actions, changes, innovations and impacts to promote social sustainability based on sustainable development, sustainability and social and societal sustainability. Various actors such as all types of organizations, individuals, groups and companies can implement these ways to create social sustainability handprints. In addition, there are multiple assessment approaches that can be applied to the assessment of social sustainability handprints such as sustainability management, assessment and indicators, encompassing multiple specific elements and approaches.

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“…The introduction of alien species into a given region may be intentional, for ornamental, horticultural or agricultural purposes, but more often, it is involuntary ( Pyšek et al 2009 ; Laporte-Cru and Aniotsbéhère 2010 ). Whatever the case, invasive alien species have multiple consequences on biodiversity worldwide, as do the destruction of natural habitats, pollution, overuse of resources and climate change ( Pimentel 2011 ; Bellard et al 2012 ; Verma et al 2020 ). Introduced species, if and when they become invasive, induce multiple consequences, direct and/or indirect, affecting the native species, the functioning of natural habitats and the services provided by ecosystems, as well as economic activities and human health ( IUCN French Committee 2018 ).…”

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Geohistorical dataset of ten plant species introduced into Occitania (France)

Claudel¹,

Lerigoleur²,

Brun³

et al. 2022

BDJ

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The original dataset presented here is the result of the first near-exhaustive analysis performed on historical data concerning ten plant species introduced in and around Occitania (south-western France) since 1651. Research was carried out on the following species: Alnus incana, Buddleja davidii, Castanea sativa, Helianthus tuberosus, Impatiens glandulifera, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus laurocerasus, Reynoutria japonica, Robinia pseudoacacia and Spiraea japonica. The data file contains 199 occurrence data exclusively based on historical observations and records made between 1651 and 2004 that were retrieved from 111 of the 640 literary sources consulted. All the records are associated with a year and 61% of them have associated spatial coordinates. Initially, the EI2P-VALEEBEE research project focused on the introduction of these species into Occitania (95 occurrences, 47.7%), but mentions found of introductions beyond this territory - mainly in metropolitan France - are also reported. The creation of this dataset involved five stages: (1) selection of species, (2) consultation of historical sources, (3) recording of occurrences in the dataset, (4) dataset standardisation/enrichment and Darwin core mapping and (5) data publication. Quality controls were conducted at each step. The dataset is available on the platform of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) at https://doi.org/10.15468/3kvaeh. It respects the internationally recognised FAIR Data Principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). The dataset will be progressively enriched by new data during the EI2P-VALEEBEE research project and future projects on invasive plant species conducted by the team.

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Biodiversity and Sustainability

Cited by 14 publications

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Biological invasions in France: Alarming costs and even more alarming knowledge gaps

Biological invasions in France: Alarming costs and even more alarming knowledge gaps

Exploring Social Sustainability Handprint—Part 2: Sustainable Development and Sustainability

Geohistorical dataset of ten plant species introduced into Occitania (France)

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