Using GIS for Environmental Management
Monday, October 29, 2012
Invasive species have been called “biological
wildfires” because of the hazardous threats they pose. Non-native species have
become on of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st
century, impacting both the ecosystems and economies they enter. This threat
has costs the United States an estimated $120 billion per year and about 42% of
the species on the Threatened or Endangered species lists are at risk primarily
because of alien-invasive species (Pimentel et al., 2005). Because of these
risks, invasive species are often top priority with managers within the U.S.
Department of the Interior and other public and private lands. The U.S. National
Invasive Species Council has made “early detection and rapid response” an
integral part to the national strategy to battle invasives (National Invasive
Species Council, 2008
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