The economic costs, management and regulation of biological invasions in the Nordic countries
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2022
A collective understanding of economic impacts and in particular of monetary costs of biological invasions is lacking for the Nordic region. This paper synthesizes findings from the literature on costs of invasions in the Nordic countries together with expert elicitation. The analysis of cost data has been made possible through the InvaCost database, a globally open repository of monetary costs that allows for the use of temporal, spatial, and taxonomic descriptors facilitating a better understanding of how costs are distributed. The total reported costs of invasive species across the Nordic countries were estimated at $8.35 billion (in 2017 US$ values) with damage costs significantly outweighing management costs. Norway incurred the highest costs ($3.23 billion), followed by Denmark ($2.20 billion), Sweden ($1.45 billion), Finland ($1.11 billion) and Iceland ($25.45 million). Costs from invasions in the Nordics appear to be largely underestimated. We conclude by highlighting such knowledge gaps, including gaps in policies and regulation stemming from expert judgment as well as avenues for an improved understanding of invasion costs and needs for future research.
Nordic countries
Knowledge gaps
Economic impact
InvaCost
Invasive species
Författare
Melina Kourantidou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Syddansk Universitet
Laura N.H. Verbrugge
Helsingin Yliopisto
Aalto-Yliopisto
Phillip J. Haubrock
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
Jihoceska Univerzita v Ceskuch Budejovicich
Ross N. Cuthbert
Queen's University Belfast
Elena Angulo
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD
Inkeri Ahonen
Naturvårdsverket
Michelle Cleary
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet (SLU)
Jannike Falk-Andersson
Norsk institutt for vannforskning
Lena Granhag
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Maritima studier
Sindri Gíslason
Southwest Iceland Nature Research Centre (SINRC)
Brooks Kaiser
Syddansk Universitet
Anna Kaisa Kosenius
Suomen ympäristökeskus SYKE
Henrik Lange
Naturvårdsverket
Maiju Lehtiniemi
Suomen ympäristökeskus SYKE
Kristin Magnussen
Menon Economics
Ståle Navrud
Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
Petri Nummi
Helsingin Yliopisto
Francisco J. Oficialdegui
Universidad de Murcia
Satu Ramula
Turun Yliopisto
Terhi Ryttäri
Suomen ympäristökeskus SYKE
Menja von Schmalensee
West Iceland Nature Research Centre
Robert A. Stefansson
West Iceland Nature Research Centre
Christophe Diagne
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
Franck Courchamp
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution
Journal of Environmental Management
0301-4797 (ISSN) 1095-8630 (eISSN)
Vol. 324 116374Ämneskategorier
Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi
Ekonomisk geografi
Nationalekonomi
DOI
10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116374
PubMed
36352726