English
The chapter focuses on the impacts of invasive alien species on nature (Glossary) and nature’s contributions to people and a good quality of life, as defined in the conceptual framework of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), including non-economic values (e.g., cultural, social and shared, recreational, scientific, spiritual and aesthetic values). Guiding questions: - Which native taxa, nature’s contributions to people and components of good quality of life are most negatively and positively impacted by invasive alien species? - Which units of analysis and regions are most negatively and positively impacted by invasive alien species? - Which invasive alien species caused local and global extinctions and which native species (Glossary) and taxonomic groups are affected? - What are the global monetary costs of invasive alien species? - How do people, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities, assess the magnitude of impacts of invasive alien species? - What are our knowledge gaps and biases in the type and distribution of impacts across taxa, regions, units of analysis?