Environmental and economic costs associated with alien invasive species in the United States

2011 ◽  
pp. 411-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean E. Fantle-Lepczyk ◽  
Phillip J. Haubrock ◽  
Andrew M. Kramer ◽  
Ross N. Cuthbert ◽  
Anna J. Turbelin ◽  
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Urology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 526-532.e18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. Ganz ◽  
Amy M. Smalarz ◽  
Tracey L. Krupski ◽  
Jennifer T. Anger ◽  
Jim C. Hu ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 113 (27) ◽  
pp. 7575-7579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean R. Paini ◽  
Andy W. Sheppard ◽  
David C. Cook ◽  
Paul J. De Barro ◽  
Susan P. Worner ◽  
...  

Invasive species present significant threats to global agriculture, although how the magnitude and distribution of the threats vary between countries and regions remains unclear. Here, we present an analysis of almost 1,300 known invasive insect pests and pathogens, calculating the total potential cost of these species invading each of 124 countries of the world, as well as determining which countries present the greatest threat to the rest of the world given their trading partners and incumbent pool of invasive species. We find that countries vary in terms of potential threat from invasive species and also their role as potential sources, with apparently similar countries sometimes varying markedly depending on specifics of agricultural commodities and trade patterns. Overall, the biggest agricultural producers (China and the United States) could experience the greatest absolute cost from further species invasions. However, developing countries, in particular, Sub-Saharan African countries, appear most vulnerable in relative terms. Furthermore, China and the United States represent the greatest potential sources of invasive species for the rest of the world. The analysis reveals considerable scope for ongoing redistribution of known invasive pests and highlights the need for international cooperation to slow their spread.


2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rojansky

The United States has a vital interest in the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty and the resolution of its conflict with Russia, which are key to de-escalating growing tension across the wider European and Euro-Atlantic space. Yet the conflict in Ukraine’s East has settled into a largely recognisable pattern: a new and very large “frozen conflict,” increasingly reminiscent of that in Moldova, Georgia and Armenia/Azerbaijan, where intense fighting at the time of the Soviet Union’s collapse was reduced by de facto cease-fires, but no effective long-term conflict-settlement mechanism was found. Washington should seek agreement from all parties to engage more directly in an osce-mediated process to stem the ongoing damage to European security, the deepening human and economic costs, and the threat to Ukraine’s sovereignty.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith L. McClure ◽  
Christopher L. Burdett ◽  
Matthew L. Farnsworth ◽  
Steven J. Sweeney ◽  
Ryan S. Miller

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