Download or read book Essays on the Bioeconomic Control of Invasive Species and Forest Pests written by Charles Boyd Sims and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like many natural resource and environmental issues, controlling pest species requires both economic and ecological considerations. Economic considerations revolve around comparing costs and benefits in an attempt to determine optimal economic activity. Especially critical in natural resource and environmental applications is recognizing the role of uncertainty as well as interconnections within economic markets. Ecological considerations provide a more robust account of the direct and indirect impact of economic activity on the natural world. An integrated approach to pest species management recognizes that the economic system influences and responds to ecosystems and vice-versa. The integration of these two disciplines creates a bioeconomic system, often uncovering critical feedback loops which better inform policy. The purpose of this research is to employ integrated bioeconomic models to investigate economic policies aimed at controlling invasive species and destructive forest pests. Specifically, three essays are developed which focus on various policy issues that arise when integrated bioeconomic models are used to craft policies of invasive species and forest pest management. The first essay develops an optimal stopping/optimal control framework to address the control of a biological invader. In this framework, control of the invader is treated as an uncertain and irreversible investment in which timing and degree of investment are simultaneously considered. Invasive species range is assumed to evolve according to a geometric Brownian motion process. Using a real options framework, an analytical solution for the optimal stopping threshold is provided. This threshold is then employed as a constraint in a minimization problem which determines the optimal rate of invasive species spread which minimizes damages and control costs. The result is an invasive species policy which is optimized over both time and degree of control. The second essay extends the optimal stopping/optimal control framework developed in essay one by allowing for barriers which may limit future spread of the invasive species. In this way, essay two recognizes that optimal invasive species policies require the consideration of spatial factors which are not readily incorporated into traditional optimal stopping models. Results indicate that inclusion of an upper absorbing barrier on invasive species spread may dramatically alter invasive species policy under certain circumstances. The framework developed in this essay is applied to the current invasion of emerald ash borer in the United States. Results illustrate the presence of a spatial-dynamic externality which leads to invasive species control decisions that may be suboptimal from a social perspective. The third essay develops a bioeconomic timber harvesting model to analyze how harvesting decisions made at localized and centralized levels influence mountain pine beetle populations and dynamics. Because mountain pine beetle and pine forests interact according to a predator-prey relationship, the risk of forest damage arising from mountain pine beetle mortality is endogenous in nature. Essentially, timber harvesting creates a positive production externality which limits mountain pine beetle populations and dampens natural cycles of the pest. However, dispersal of mountain pine beetle forces localized managers to treat mountain pine beetle risk as exogenous. As a result, localized managers ignore the positive production externality, resulting in a suboptimal harvest of live trees. A central manager, who considers the forest across its entire range, will optimally incorporate this positive production externality, resulting in increased levels of timber harvesting, subsequently reducing mountain pine beetle mortality. A dynamic harvest subsidy is developed which allows localized forest managers to fully incorporate this production externality and achieve welfare maximizing harvest levels.

Download or read book Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States written by Therese M. Poland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever increasing world trade. This multi-disciplinary book, written by over 100 national experts, presents the latest research on a wide range of natural science and social science fields that explore the ecology, impacts, and practical tools for management of invasive species. It covers species of all taxonomic groups from insects and pathogens, to plants, vertebrates, and aquatic organisms that impact a diversity of habitats in forests, rangelands and grasslands of the United States. It is well-illustrated, provides summaries of the most important invasive species and issues impacting all regions of the country, and includes a comprehensive primary reference list for each topic. This scientific synthesis provides the cultural, economic, scientific and social context for addressing environmental challenges posed by invasive species and will be a valuable resource for scholars, policy makers, natural resource managers and practitioners.

Download or read book Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management Fiscal 2003 2011 Activities written by Craig Osteen and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management (PREISM), the U.S. Department of Agriculture¿s (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS) conducts intramural research and funds extramural research to support the economic basis of decision-making concerning invasive species issues, policies, and programs. This report details the objectives and activities of PREISM including important accomplishments for fiscal years 2003-2011. Included are descriptions of the extramural research program and all funded projects, and a list of project outputs. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Download or read book Invasive Forest Insects Introduced Forest Trees and Altered Ecosystems written by Timothy D. Paine and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the plantations that are being grown around the globe are non-native species that have characteristics of rapid growth and good commercial qualities. In some cases, the high rates of production are a result of the absence of native herbivore and diseases. This limited pest status is threatened as pest species move around the globe. At the same time there is concern about threats of these non-native plantation species on native communities and the impact of changing climates on forest productivity. This volume explores many of these issues for the first time.

Download or read book Forest Pest and Disease Management in Latin America written by Sergio A. Estay and published by Springer. This book was released on 2021-02-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By providing multiple economic goods and ecosystem services, Latin American forests play a key role in the environmental, social and economic welfare of the region’s countries. From the tropical forests of Central America to the Mediterranean and temperate vegetation of the southern cone, these forests face a myriad of phytosanitary problems that negatively impact on both conservation efforts and forest industry. This book brings together the perspectives of several Latin American researchers on pest and disease management. Each chapter provides modern views of the status and management alternatives to problems as serious as the impact of introduced exotic insects and diseases on Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations throughout the continent, and the emergence of novel insect outbreaks in tropical and temperate native forests associated with global warming. It is a valuable guide for researchers and practitioners working on forest health in Latin America and around the world.

Download or read book Bioeconomics of Invasive Species written by Reuben P. Keller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological invasions are one of the strongest drivers of global environmental change, and invasive species are now often in the public discourse. At the same time, economists have begun to take a real interest in determining how invasive species interact with economic systems, and how invaders should be controlled to optimize societal wealth. Although the work from ecologists and economists have both greatly expanded our understanding of the drivers and impacts of invasions, little integration between the fields has occurred that would allow managers and policy-makers to identify the optical expenditures on, for example, prevention and control of invasive species. Because the level of effort expended on invasive species management is intricately linked to the costs and projected benefits of that management, there is an urgent need for greater synthesis between ecology and economics. This book brings ecology and economics together in new ways to address how we deal with the dynamics and impacts of invasive species, and is the outcome fo many years of collaborative research between a small group of economists and ecologists. The outcome is clear demonstration of the utility of combining ecological and economic models for addressing critical questions in the management of invasive species.

Download or read book Overview of the Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team Biological Control Program for Invasive Species 1995 2007 written by Richard C. Reardon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Invasive Species in a Globalized World written by Reuben P. Keller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global trade and the spread of human populations have increasingly moved thousands of native animal and plant species across the natural barriers that have kept them ecologically separated for millions of years. Because some of them thrive in their new regions and harm the environment, the economy, and human health, the prevention and management of such invasive species has become a major local, national, and international policy initiative. Yet even though ecologists have been studying the negative (and sometimes positive) environmental impacts of invasive species and trying to curb their proliferation, and even though their work has in some cases stimulated public conversation and policy, politicians have generally ignored their recommendations. As a result, ecologists have achieved limited success in slowing the spread of invasives. They ve been realizing that in order to fully characterize the impacts of these species, they need to engage with other relevant disciplines across the social and legal sciences as well as the humanities. Drawing together a wide variety of ecologists, historians, economists, legal scholars, policymakers, and communication scholars, Invasive Species in a Globalized World aims to facilitate a dialogue among these various disciplines in order to fully understand invasives and stop their spread. Addressing the numerous challenges associated with reducing invasive impacts, the contributors provide direct policy recommendations, strategies for communicating the risks of invasive species, and insight into how public discourse drives our response to these risks."

Download or read book Invasive Forest Pests written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems written by Ravinder Kumar Kohli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the worldwide human population explodes and trade becomes increasingly globalized, the transboundary movement of plant species from their place of origin to foreign regions is escalating and expected to experience continued growth in the coming decades. Invasive non-native species pose one of the greatest challenges for natural resource managers who are charged with the maintenance of biological diversity and the sustainable production of forest resources. With international contributors presenting an informed and integrated approach to the control of havoc-wrecking species, Invasive Plants and Forest Ecosystems provides the most updated information on invading plants, their impacts on forest ecosystems, and control strategies. This text addresses such important issues as the socioeconomic and policy aspects of plant invasion and offers complete coverage of their ecological impacts and the varied levels of threats in diverse situations.

Download or read book Ecological Methods in Forest Pest Management written by David Wainhouse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world there is a need to control forest insect pests. This text focuses predominantly on insect pests, but many examples relate to fungal pathogens, saome of which are vectored by forest insects. It looks at the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Download or read book Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry written by F. Ross Wylie and published by CABI. This book was released on 2012 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The management of tropical forest ecosystems is essential to the health of the planet. This book addresses forest insect pest problems across the world's tropics, addressing the pests' ecology, impact and possible approaches for their control. Fully updated, this second edition also includes discussions of new areas of interest including climate change, invasive species, forest health and plant clinics. This work is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and practitioners of forestry, ecology, pest management and entomology in tropical and subtropical countries."--pub. desc.

Download or read book Guide to the classical biological control of insect pests in planted and natural forests written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication explains the "why" and "how" of classical biological control in forestry, and addresses the potential risks associated with such programmes. Written by a team of experts, it provides general theory and practical guidelines, featuring 11 case studies of successful implementation efforts worldwide. While insect pests already damage millions of hectares of forest worldwide each year, the extent of such damage is increasing as the impacts of climate change become more evident and as international trade grows, facilitating the pests’ spread. Classical biological control is a well-tried, cost-effective approach to the management of invasive forest pests which involves the importing of "natural enemies" of non-native pests from their countries of origin with the aim of establishing permanent, self-sustaining populations capable of sustainably reducing pest populations below damaging levels.

Download or read book Suppressing Over Abundant Invasive Plants and Insects in Natural Areas by Use of Their Specialized Natural Enemies written by Roy Van Driesche and published by Forest Service. This book was released on 2017 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biological control has long been used against invasive plants and, less often, invasive insects, in forests, aquatic systems, grasslands, coastal areas, riparian areas, islands, and other biomes or habitats of conservation concern. Historically, motivation for such efforts has shifted gradually away from economic interests toward ecological protection for its own sake. Future projects of this type will require better integration of biological control into conservation practice, a better understanding by societies of the reasons for such work and its possible risks and benefits, as well as continued, consistent public funding. Examples of successful projects in high-value conservation areas (Everglades, Gal�pagos, oceanic islands, wetlands, forests) are discussed, and future challenges and caveats mentioned. Environmentalists, nature conservationists, scientists, forestry personnel, USDA employees, and others interested in biological control would be interested in this publication. Additionally, students pursuing coursework, and research for Natural Resource Management degree programs may be interested in this work. Related products: Plants resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/plants Major Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States: 2013 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/major-forest-insect-and-disease-conditions-united-states-2013 Forest Health Monitoring: National Status, Trends, and Analysis 2015 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/forest-health-monitoring-national-status-trends-and-analysis-2015 Other products produced by the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service are available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/us-forest-service

Download or read book The economics of biological invasions written by Charles Perrings, Silvana Dalmazzone, Mark Herbert Williamson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000-08-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An interesting book catering perhaps for a more specific audience. It does however provide a somewhat new view of the problems of the field of biological invasions and is worth the effort.' - Ann Sundqvist, M2 Best Books 'Once again, Charles Perrings and colleagues have broken new ground by applying economic and ecological analysis to the very real problem of biological invasions. This is path-breaking work in what promises to be a new sub-discipline within environmental economics.' - David Pearce, University College London, UK Biological invasions - the introduction of living organisms beyond their original range - are one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. They are a major threat to human health and a source of pests and pathogens in the world's farms, forests and fisheries. The growth of international trade and travel means that more species are being introduced to more places than ever before. This book represents the first concerted effort to understand the economic causes and consequences of biological invasions. The volume discusses the theoretical and methodological issues raised by invasion, including control strategies, modelling options, and a study of the economic, institutional and policy conditions that predispose countries to biological invasions. Also included are case studies of fisheries, agricultural systems, tropical forests and protected areas affected by invasive species in locations such as the Black Sea, Australia and Africa, and an evaluation of control programmes.

Download or read book Essays in the Economics of Invasive Species Management written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no doubt that the phenomenon we now call globalization has brought many benefits to the citizens of our heterogeneous world. Inter alia, this phenomenon has resulted in the increased mobility of humans, goods, and services from one part of the world to another. International trade in both final goods and services and in various factors of production has risen, and this rise has generally seen the welfare improving for all the involved parties. This rise in international trade in particular and of mobility more generally has also led to the spread of all manner of animals, plants, and other organisms from places where they are native to new locales, where they are not. As noted by Vitousek et al. (1997), Mooney (1999), and others, it is salient to comprehend that although this movement and spread of animal and plant species from one part of the world to another predates the modern era of globalization, the phenomenon of globalization has accelerated this mobility. Animal and plant species that have moved from a part of the world where they are native to another part of the world where they are not are said to be invasive species. Such species are also referred to as "alien," as "exotic," and as "non-native" species. For the purpose of consistency, we shall use the term "invasive," in this chapter. Olson (2006) points out that this movement of animal and plant species can occur naturally, as a result of specific ecological processes or as a result of deliberate human activity. In addition, even if we restrict attention to invasive species introductions that are the result of conscious human activity, such introductions can be either intentional or unintentional in nature. Humans have been intentionally introducing animal and plant species into parts of the world where they are not native, for many decades. These intentional introductions broadly fall into two categories. The first category consists of introductions that are largely ornamental in nature. Exotic pets such as fish, parrots, and all manner of orchids readily come to mind. The second category is made up of introductions that form the basis of what is now known as biological control. The basic objective here is to use a specific animal or plant species that is a predator of another prey species whose population is sought to be controlled. McConnachie et al. (2003) review ten benefit-cost studies of biological control programs and note that such programs can be very successful. However, the work of Nogales et al. (2004) shows that biological control programs can also go awry and give rise to unintended consequences. Most countries today have protocols for dealing with the intentional introductions of invasive species, although it should not go unsaid that the quality and the effectiveness of these protocols vary considerably.