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ArticleiScience2026

Limited global awareness of invasive alien species and little support for their management.

Ana Novoa, Ross Shackleton, Sven Bacher, Pavel Pipek, Ratcha Chaichana, Ali El-Keblawy, Bella Galil, Margherita Gioria, Marina Golivets, Tina D'Hertefeldt and 15 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Ana NovoaDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Ross ShackletonSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
Sven BacherDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
Pavel PipekDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Ratcha ChaichanaDepartment of Environmental Technology and Management, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Ali El-KeblawyDepartment of Applied Biology, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, PO Box Sharjah 27272, UAE.
Bella GalilSteinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Margherita GioriaDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Marina GolivetsHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Halle, Germany.
Tina D'HertefeldtHalmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.
Makihiko IkegamiLake Biwa Branch Office, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.
Ivan JarićUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, 12 Rue 128, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Christian A KullInstitute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nitya P MohantyCentre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560 012, India.
Zarah PattisonBiological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK.
Aníbal PauchardLaboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB), Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Jan PerglDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Cristina PredaDepartment of Natural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Universitatii Alley, Building B, 900470 Constanta, Romania.
Klára PyškováDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Jonatan RodríguezDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Kateřina ŠtajerováDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.
Thi Hai van NguyenInstitute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ayşe YazlıkDepartment of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Düzce University, Düzce, Türkiye.
Rafael D ZenniDepartamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil.
Petr PyšekDepartment of Invasion Ecology, Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-25243 Průhonice, Czech Republic.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main drivers of global change and can cause a wide range of negative ecological and social impacts. Addressing these impacts requires management actions, which can fail to be effective when not supported by the public. Here, we conducted the first global survey on people's awareness and perceptions of IAS and support for their management. Our results revealed low public awareness and understanding of biological invasions, and suggest that these are mainly influenced by people's sociodemographic status rather than the social-ecological contexts. Greater awareness of IAS was associated with more negative perceptions toward them and greater support for their management. A large majority of people did not support the use of most management measures. These results suggest that limited public awareness may represent a major obstacle to successfully managing IAS globally, highlighting the need for broader public communication, outreach, and engagement.

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alien speciesbiological invasionsexotic speciespublic knowledgepublic perceptionspublic survey

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PMID42898102
PMCPMC13677325

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