Managing Invasions in Protected Areas: Moving towards the new GBF alien species target

By Invitation Only--Please contact the editors.

This collection draws together insights on managing invasions in protected areas, with a focus on moving towards achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (K-M GBF) and its associated targets call for signatories to address invasions. Target 6 of the K-M GBF requires the identification of pathways of invasion as a preventative approach to managing the establishment and spread of invasive alien species, with the ultimate aim of mitigating and minimizing impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Protected areas are critical for biodiversity conservation, yet are also vulnerable to biological invasions. The important role that these areas play in the protection of native systems and the benefits that people draw from them heightens the need to address invasions within the protected areas context.

The broad topics that will be addressed include: Effectiveness of management, Risk assessment, Drivers of alien species presence, Prioritisation of Pas for management, Climate change and Invasions, Indigenous knowledge, Islands, Pathways, Impacts, Ecosystem restoration following management, Economics, Policy, the Practical side of control programmes, K-M GBF Target 3, Alien species lists, Citizen science and Perceptions. The contents of the collection could serve as a reference point for managing invasions at the local and global scale and will be relevant to invasion biologists, conservation biologists and protected area managers.