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Invasive Species Cost Trillions in Damages: Study
- An international team led by Ismael Soto published a 2025 study in Nature Ecology & Evolution on the global economic cost of invasive species since 1960.
- Researchers gathered detailed information on the economic costs associated with 162 invasive species and used this to estimate financial impacts in 78 additional countries lacking prior assessments, uncovering that earlier evaluations had substantially underestimated these expenses.
- The research found invasive plants caused $926 billion in damage, arthropods $830 billion, mammals $263 billion, and birds $101 billion, with Europe facing the highest costs at $1.58 trillion.
- Researchers reported that society has spent over $2.2 trillion due to invasive species since 1960, averaging $35 billion annually, which is 17 times higher than prior estimates.
- The rapid expansion of non-native species poses significant threats to agriculture, facilitates the spread of diseases, contributes to increasing extinction rates, and indicates that the actual global economic impact may be substantially higher than current estimates.
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der Standard DEIntroduced species could cost around 1600 times more than previously thought. According to a recent study, the highest cost is borne by Europe.
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Invasive species cost trillions in damages: study
From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged about $35 billion a year for decades, researchers said Monday.
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