Invasive alien species (IAS) are a growing global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services and regional economies. Specifically, IAS are a major problem in Protected Areas (PAs) worldwide, and at the same time PAs represent one of the last opportunities to conserve ecosystems functioning and biodiversity. Consequently, there is an urgent need to find reliable data and methods to to face mounting pressure of IAS in PAs. Prevention, early detection, risk analysis and priority-setting are key tools to halt IAS invasion in PAs and address efforts to obtain the best chances of producing large-scale positive results at the lowest cost. The project PRIN-PREVALIEN 2022 will focus on identifying the main biotic and abiotic drivers promoting the introduction of Invasive Alien Plants of Union Concern (IAPUC) in Italian PAs and their establishment, spread, and invasion success in current and future scenarios; assessing the vulnerability of Italian PAs to be invaded and impacted by IAPUC, and identifying national invasion risk hotspots, habitats at risk, and priority IAPUC; designing, testing and delivering novel methods for management of IAPUC in Italian PAs and raising public awareness on the risk of invasion in the Italian PAs and identifying at least one priority PA that could take advantage from Citizen Science for prevention and early detection. Project results are expected to fill gaps in the knowledge on the presence, distribution, and the main drivers of invasion by IAPUC in Italian PAs. Additionally, the project aims to enhance understanding of IAPUC introduction and spread pathways, identify the most threatened habitats and species in PAs. This will be part of the novel Risk Model, dedicated to Italian PAs and supported by an open access and FAIR data approach. We expect that the delivered output will be applied to the newly listed IAPUC and to other PAs at European level.
PREVALIEN - Enhancing Knowledge on Prevention and Early Detection of the Invasive Alien Plants of (European) Union concern in the Italian Protected Areas / Marzialetti, Flavio; Albani, Diego Maria; Bani, Luciano; Barni, Elena; Bouvet, Daniela; Caiello, Simone; Laura Carranza, Maria; Celesti-Grapow, Laura; Citterio, Sandra; Colleoni, Matteo; Cogoni, Donatella; Fasano, Federica; Gentili, Rodolfo; Innangi, Michele; Lozano, Vanessa; Martellos, Stefano; Montagnani, Chiara; Moro, Andrea; Mucciarelli, Marco; Santoianni, Lucia; Sebesta, Nicole; Consolata Siniscalco, Maria; Stanisci, Angela; Tiloca, Maria Teresa; Brundu, Giuseppe. - (2024). (Intervento presentato al convegno XXXIII Congresso SITE "Misurare e prevedere il cambiamento per una gestione sostenibile degli Ecosistemi" tenutosi a Roma nel 23 - 26 Settembre 2024).
PREVALIEN - Enhancing Knowledge on Prevention and Early Detection of the Invasive Alien Plants of (European) Union concern in the Italian Protected Areas
Flavio Marzialetti
;Diego Maria Albani;Luciano Bani;Vanessa Lozano;Maria Teresa Tiloca;Giuseppe Brundu
2024-01-01
Abstract
Invasive alien species (IAS) are a growing global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem services and regional economies. Specifically, IAS are a major problem in Protected Areas (PAs) worldwide, and at the same time PAs represent one of the last opportunities to conserve ecosystems functioning and biodiversity. Consequently, there is an urgent need to find reliable data and methods to to face mounting pressure of IAS in PAs. Prevention, early detection, risk analysis and priority-setting are key tools to halt IAS invasion in PAs and address efforts to obtain the best chances of producing large-scale positive results at the lowest cost. The project PRIN-PREVALIEN 2022 will focus on identifying the main biotic and abiotic drivers promoting the introduction of Invasive Alien Plants of Union Concern (IAPUC) in Italian PAs and their establishment, spread, and invasion success in current and future scenarios; assessing the vulnerability of Italian PAs to be invaded and impacted by IAPUC, and identifying national invasion risk hotspots, habitats at risk, and priority IAPUC; designing, testing and delivering novel methods for management of IAPUC in Italian PAs and raising public awareness on the risk of invasion in the Italian PAs and identifying at least one priority PA that could take advantage from Citizen Science for prevention and early detection. Project results are expected to fill gaps in the knowledge on the presence, distribution, and the main drivers of invasion by IAPUC in Italian PAs. Additionally, the project aims to enhance understanding of IAPUC introduction and spread pathways, identify the most threatened habitats and species in PAs. This will be part of the novel Risk Model, dedicated to Italian PAs and supported by an open access and FAIR data approach. We expect that the delivered output will be applied to the newly listed IAPUC and to other PAs at European level.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
