ReviewNature ecology & evolution2024
Curbing the major and growing threats from invasive alien species is urgent and achievable.
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- Meta-analysis reveals negative but highly variable impacts of invasive alien species across terrestrial insect orders.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
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- Plants That Evolved Under High Phylogenetic Diversity Have Higher Invasion Success, Particularly in Undisturbed Communities.Ecology letters · 2026Article
- The spread of non-native species.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
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- Demystifying invasivorism as a management strategy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Competitive interactions during community assembly: how native species identity, diversity, and functional traits affect invasion.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Expanding invasive species impact assessments to the ecosystem level with EEICAT.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Coyote Range Expansion in the Human-Modified Tropics of Mesoamerica.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Combining Population Genomics With Ancient DNA to Understand Island Colonisation History of the Madagascar Turtle Dove.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Overcoming barriers to build partnerships for managing plant invasions under global change.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
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88 authors.
Helen E RoyUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK. hele@ceh.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X
Aníbal PauchardLaboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Peter J StoettOntario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Tanara Renard TruongInstitute for Global Environmental Strategies, Hayama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4580-7154
Laura A MeyersonUniversity of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1283-3865
Sven BacherUniversity of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-7165
Bella S GalilThe Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Philip E HulmeBioprotection Aotearoa, Department of Pest-Management and Conservation, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-0474
Tohru IkedaHokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-4075
Sankaran KavileveettilKerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-0075
Melodie A McGeochSecuring Antarctica's Environmental Future, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-2241
Martin A NuñezINIBIOMA, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0324-5479
Alejandro OrdonezAarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2873-4551
Sebataolo J RahlaoOceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-0988
Evangelina SchwindtInstituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos, CONICET, Chubut, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6693-9828
Hanno SeebensJustus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-6419
Andy W SheppardCSIRO, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6188-7122
Vigdis VandvikDepartment of Biological Sciences and Centre for Sustainable Area Management, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4651-4798
Alla AleksanyanInstitute of Botany after A. Takhtajyan NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-1812
Michael AnsongKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3811-3230
Tom AugustUK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.
Ryan BlanchardFynbos Node, South African Environmental Observation Network, Observatory, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3560-4133
Ernesto BrugnoliOceanografía y Ecología Marina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7304-1856
John K BukombeTanzania Wildlife Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania.
Bridget BwalyaUniversity of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-2248
Chaeho ByunDepartment of Biological Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3209-3275
Morelia Camacho-CervantesInstituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Phillip CasseySchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-0172
María L CastilloInstitute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1228-172X
Franck CourchampEcologie Systématique Evolution, CNRS, AgroPariTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Katharina Dehnen-SchmutzCoventry University, Coventry, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5782-7488
Rafael Dudeque ZenniUniversidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-7986
Chika EgawaInstitute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-2137
Franz EsslDivision of BioInvasions, Global Change and Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Georgi FayvushDepartment of Geobotany and Ecological Physiology of the Institute of Botany after A. Takhtajan NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-2200
Romina D FernandezInstituto de Ecología Regional, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán-CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8710-6489
Miguel FernandezGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8301-1340
Llewellyn C FoxcroftCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-6739
Piero GenovesiCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0262-1420
Quentin J GroomMeise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0596-5376
Ana Isabel GonzálezIUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-3849
Aveliina HelmInstitute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2338-4564
Ileana HerreraEscuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón, Ecuador.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7201-7085
Ankila J HiremathAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9708-2959
Patricia L HowardWageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-6146
Cang HuiAfrican Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3660-8160
Makihiko IkegamiNational Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
Emre KeskinEvolutionary Genetics Laboratory (eGL), Ankara University Agricultural Faculty Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-313X
Asuka KoyamaForestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-4332
Stanislav KsenofontovARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA.
Bernd LenznerDivision of BioInvasions, Global Change and Macroecology, Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-3479
Tatsiana LipinskayaScientific and Practical Center for Bioresources of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5088-8114
Julie L LockwoodRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0177-449X
Dongang C MangwaDepartment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Angeliki F MartinouLaboratory of Vector Ecology and Applied Entomology, Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, Akrotiri, Cyprus.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-8583
Shana M McDermottTrinity University, San Antonio, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-5481
Carolina L MoralesConsejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Río Negro, Argentina.
Jana MüllerováJan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí n. L., Ústí n. L., Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7331-3479
Ninad Avinash MungiAarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6502-0457
Linus K MunishiThe School of Life Sciences and Bio-Engineering, The Nelson Mandela-African Institution of Science and Technology, Tengeru-Arusha, Tanzania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0188-8630
Henn OjaveerPärnu College, University of Tartu, Pärnu, Estonia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2742-6063
Shyama N PagadIUCN, SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Nirmalie P K T S PallewattaUniversity of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6929-1155
Lora R PeacockMinistry for Primary Industries, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0565-6792
Esra PerDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gazi University, Ankara, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-1215
Jan PerglInstitute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-1974
Cristina PredaDepartment of Natural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3513-7344
Petr PyšekInstitute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Průhonice, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8500-442X
Rajesh K RaiInstitute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2275-815X
Anthony RicciardiMcGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-0054
David M RichardsonCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-8297
Sophie RileyUniversity of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Betty J RonoDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7886-1511
Ellen Ryan-ColtonCharles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3278-9443
Hanieh SaeediSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Department of Marine Zoology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-0241
Bharat B ShresthaTribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9457-2637
Daniel SimberloffUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1424-9291
Alifereti TawakeLocally Managed Marine Area Network International Trust, Suva, Fiji.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-3600
Elena TricaricoDepartment of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-0794
Sonia VanderhoevenBelgian Biodiversity Platform, Service Public de Wallonie, Namur, Belgium.
Joana VicenteCIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO Associate Laboratory, Vairão, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0382-0189
Montserrat VilàEstación Biológica de Doñana, Sevilla, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-8261
Wycliffe WanzalaMaasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9177-3217
Victoria WerenkrautConsejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Río Negro, Argentina.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2417-3953
Olaf L F WeylSouth African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa.
John R U WilsonCentre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0174-3239
Rafael O XavierInstituto de Biologia - Universidade de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
Sílvia R ZillerThe Horus Institute for Environmental Conservation and Development, Florianópolis, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0449-9358
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Abstract
Although invasive alien species have long been recognized as a major threat to nature and people, until now there has been no comprehensive global review of the status, trends, drivers, impacts, management and governance challenges of biological invasions. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and Their Control (hereafter 'IPBES invasive alien species assessment') drew on more than 13,000 scientific publications and reports in 15 languages as well as Indigenous and local knowledge on all taxa, ecosystems and regions across the globe. Therefore, it provides unequivocal evidence of the major and growing threat of invasive alien species alongside ambitious but realistic approaches to manage biological invasions. The extent of the threat and impacts has been recognized by the 143 member states of IPBES who approved the summary for policymakers of this assessment. Here, the authors of the IPBES assessment outline the main findings of the IPBES invasive alien species assessment and highlight the urgency to act now.
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