Contributing to the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment
Global agreements and initiatives on biological invasions are extremely important for setting goals and standards to international communities. Although many people are frustrated by the slow pace of change, they do represent solid advancements to global thinking and actions on invasive species and other aspects of our society. As such, I feel that these achievements should be celebrated.
The publication toady of Bacher et al. (2023) is one such advancement in our global thinking towards reducing the impacts of invasive species globally. I am proud to be listed as a contributing author on this report.
Bacher, S., Galil, B. S., Nuñez, M. A., Ansong, M., Cassey, P., Dehnen-Schmutz, K., Fayvush, G., Hiremath, A. J., Ikegami, M., Martinou, A. F., McDermott, S. M., Preda, C., Vilà, M., Weyl, O. L. F., Fernandez, R. D., and Ryan-Colton, E. (2023). Chapter 4: Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life. In: Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Roy, H. E., Pauchard, A., Stoett, P., and Renard Truong, T. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7430731
