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Estimating the monetary cost of #invasivespecies has never been easy, but it can have great scientific and practical value! In our special @Invacost issue bit.ly/3yqTfvz we've collected research on #biologicalinvasions costs from all over the world 1/21

Taken together, all publications in this issue estimate global realized and potential economic impacts of #biologicalinvasions around US$2.3 trillion, but a lot of the costs remain underreported. 2/21 @FranzEssl1 @garciaberthou

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In Africa🌍, reported costs of #biologicalinvasions ranged between US$ 18.2 billion and US$ 78.9 billion between 1970 and 2020 - a massive, yet highly underestimated economic burden for African countries. 3/21 @CABI_News @Akademie_ved_CR

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In Asia🌏, total economic loss from #biologicalinvasions reached US$ 432.6 billion, but researchers found that estimations of economic costs were lacking for most Asian countries and for more than 96% of #introducedspecies on the continent. 4/21

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In Japan🗾, researchers looked at 630 cost entries with a total economic cost of 728 million USD. 5/21

#invasivespecies #alienspecies #biodiversity @HirotakaKomine @ChrisDiagne @franckcourchamp @UnivParisSaclay

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From 2007 up to 2019, invasions cost the Russian economy🇷🇺 at least US$ 51.52 billion, the vast majority of these costs being based on predictions or extrapolations rather than empirical observations. 6/21

@PJHaubrock @liuchunlong113

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In Singapore🇸🇬, most economic costs were related to the control of #invasivespecies and the costs of healthcare, but there are probably other damages or losses that haven't yet been estimated. 7/21

@PJHaubrock @ross_cuthbert @DarrenCJYeo

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In Europe🇪🇺, total costs of invasive #alienspecies summed to US$140.20 billion between 1960 and 2020, 60% of them being damage-related and impacting multiple sectors. 8/21

#biodiversity @Invacost #biodiversityloss @PJHaubrock @ross_cuthbert

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In France🇫🇷, damage costs were nearly eight times higher than management expenditure. 9/21

@Invacost #invasivespecies #alienspecies

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In Germany🇩🇪, economic costs were estimated at US$ 9.8 billion between 1960 and 2020, including US$ 8.9 billion in potential costs. 10/21

#alienspecies #biodiversity #invasivespecies @PJHaubrock @ross_cuthbert

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In Italy🇮🇹, the overall economic cost of #biologicalinvasions between 1990 and 2020 was estimated at US$ 819.76 million. At the same time, costs were only recorded for 15 species. 11/21

#biodiversity #ecosystemservices @Invacost @ross_cuthbert

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In Spain🇪🇸, management costs focused in aquatic and terrestrial environments, mostly targeting #invasiveplants. 12/21

@Invacost #alienspecies #invasivespecies @ChrisDiagne @franckcourchamp @UnivParisSaclay @prensaunco

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Invasive #alienspecies have cost the UK economy🇬🇧 between US$6.9 billion and $17.6 billion in reported losses and expenses since 1976. 13/21

@Invacost #invasivespecies #biologicalinvasions @ross_cuthbert @PJHaubrock

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In Argentina🇦🇷, The total economic cost of invasive #alienspecies between 1995 and 2019 was estimated at US$ 6,908 million. 14/21

@Invacost #invasivespecies #ecosystemservices @Ro_D_Fernandez @PJHaubrock @CONICETDialoga

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Brazil🇧🇷 reportedly spent a minimum of USD 105.53 billions over 35 years (1984–2019), with USD 104.33 billion due to damages and losses caused by invaders and only USD 1.19 billion invested in their prevention, control or eradication. 15/21

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Between 1983 and 2017, the reported costs associated with #biologicalinvasions in Ecuador🇪🇨 ranged between US$86.17 million and US$626 million, belonging to 37 species and 27 genera. 16/21

@Invacost #invasivespecies #alienspecies

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In Central and South America🌎, the total costs reported for #biologicalinvasions was USD 102.5 billion between 1975 and 2020, with about 90% of the total costs reported for only three countries - Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. 17/21

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The total reported #biologicalinvasion costs in the #Mediterranean basin amounted to $27.3 billion, or $3.6 billion when only realised costs were considered, and were found to have occurred over the last three decades. 18/21

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In Mexico🇲🇽, the majority of reported economic costs (81%) were due to resource damages and losses. 19/21

@Invacost #alienspecies #biologicalinvasions @PJHaubrock @ross_cuthbert

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Between 1960 and 2017, #biologicalinvasions have cost the North American economy at least US$ 1.26 trillion. 20/21

#alienspecies #ecosystemmanagement @Invacost @emmajhudgins @ross_cuthbert @PJHaubrock @BLeroyEcology @AuburnU

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In Australia🇦🇺, each decade since the 1970s saw costs increasing an average of 1.8–6.3 times. 21/21

#ecosystemmanagement #invacost #alienspecies @AndrewHoskins83 @conservbytes @PJHaubrock @ross_cuthbert @InvasionEcology

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