Multiregional Invasive Species Management: Theory and an Application to Florida's Exotic Plants

This research develops a multiregional optimal control model that incorporates regional allocation of a public budget for controlling invasive plants when regionally differential recreation demand functions and species control costs are present. Our equimarginal condition for optimal budget allocation equates the relative marginal economic benefits per dollar spent across regions. The model was applied to Florida Public Conservation Land regions, and results indicate that the magnitude of an annual management budget affects its distribution among species management regions, but the size of the intrinsic growth rate does not affect the pattern of budget allocation among regions.

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The Economics of Terrestrial Invasive Species: A Review of the Literature

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review ◽

10.1017/s1068280500010145 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 178-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 135

Author(s):

Lars J. Olson

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

International Trade ◽

Biological Invasion ◽

Invasive Plants ◽

Invasive Species Management ◽

Review Of The Literature ◽

Economic Literature ◽

National Scale ◽

Species Management ◽

Control And Prevention

This paper reviews the literature on the economics of invasive species management as it applies to invasive species in general and terrestrial invasive species in particular. The paper summarizes a number of recent studies that assign values to the economic impact of terrestrial invasive species on a national scale. This is followed by a review of the economic literature on control and prevention of a biological invasion and the literature on international trade and trade policy with invasive species. The paper then reviews selected studies on terrestrial invasive plants, animals, and microbes, respectively.

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The economic benefits of invasive species management

People and Nature ◽

10.1002/pan3.31 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 124-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Nick Hanley ◽

Michaela Roberts

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Economic Benefits ◽

Invasive Species Management ◽

Species Management

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Implementing invasive species management in an adaptive management framework

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1006 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Llewellyn C. Foxcroft ◽

Melodie McGeoch

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Alien Species ◽

South African ◽

Adaptive Management ◽

National Parks ◽

Invasive Alien Species ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Management Theory ◽

Invasive Species Management ◽

Species Management

Adaptive management theory has attracted substantial interest in recent years, in natural resource management in general and also for invasive alien species management. However, whilst many theoretical and conceptual advances have been made, documented cases of practical applications are rare. Coupling invasive species management components with adaptive feedback processes is not without challenges, requiring a substantial change in the thinking and practice of all those involved. Drawing on a decade of experience in South African National Parks, we suggest an approach to implementing adaptive management for controlling invasive alien species. Whilst efforts have been made to advance components of the overall management strategy, the absence of a framework for decision making and feedback mechanisms, inflexibility in the system and shortcomings in the governance structure are all identified as barriers to learning and knowledge integration for the purposes of effective invasive alien species management. The framework provided here, encompassing documents, committees and processes, is aimed at addressing these shortcomings.Conservation implication: Adaptive management theory offers a robust tool for managing inherently complex systems. Its practical application, however, requires distilling the theory into useable functions. We offer a framework to advance implementation of strategic adaptive management for the control of invasive alien species using experiences gained from South African National Parks.

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