Research network on biological invasions - InvaNET https://invasiber.org/InvaNET/
Red temática sobre invasiones biológicas
Principal investigator
Montserrat Vilà
Financial institution
MIN CIENCIA, INNOVACION, UNI
Fecha de inicio
Fecha de fin
Code
RED2024-153581-T
Researchers
Daniel Sol (CREAF-CSIC); Marta Pascual; Elena Granda; Dani Boix; Francesc Xavier Turon; Josep Anton Jaques; Luis Gonzalez; Anna Traveset (IMEDEA-CSIC)
Brief description
El objetivo del proyecto: Las especies invasoras suponen un componente del cambio ambiental global, con grandes impactos ecológicos y socioeconómicos, con costes registrados de más de 15 millones de euros anuales en España. También constituyen una oportunidad única para la investigación de frontera en ecología y evolución. Se propone la consolidación de la Red Temática sobre Invasiones Biológicas (InvaNET, https://invasiber.org/InvaNET/), que aúna varios líderes mundiales sobre la cuestión, de diez centros de investigación españoles y combina expertos en ecosistemas terrestres, marinos y de aguas continentales. Hasta la fecha InvaNET ha realizado una notable tarea de transferencia de conocimiento para mejorar la gestión de las especies invasoras en España, compilando información relevante (disponible en nuestra web), publicando artículos científicos internacionales que no se habrían podido realizar sin la sinergia de los miembros de la red. Hemos realizado el primer escaneo de horizonte de especies potencialmente invasoras en España con participación de gestores ambientales a nivel nacional. Ahora estamos realizando uno específico para las islas Canarias. En esta nueva fase proponemos realizar uno para las islas Baleares. También elaboraremos la primera lista completa actualizada de las especies exóticas establecidas en España, una base de datos que es sumamente necesaria para la toma de decisiones. La red, de unos 40 investigadores de múltiples grupos de investigación españoles que han participado hasta la fecha, facilitará la realización de estas tareas, a la que también se incorporarán otros investigadores que lo deseen. Mediante las tareas planteadas, reuniones periódicas, y la difusión de resultados pretendemos mejorar la transferencia de nuestra investigación a los gestores ambientales y a la sociedad en general, así como fomentar las interacciones entre grupos de investigación de invasiones biológicas de todos los grupos taxonómicos, ecosistemas y regiones del país. Summary:Invasive species are a component of global environmental change, with great ecological and socioeconomic impacts, with recorded costs of more than 15 million euros per year in Spain. They also constitute a unique opportunity for frontier research in ecology and evolution. It is proposed to consolidate the Thematic Network on Biological Invasions (InvaNET, https://invasiber.org/InvaNET/), which brings together several world leaders on the subject, from ten Spanish research centres and combines experts in terrestrial, marine and inland water ecosystems. To
date, InvaNET has carried out a remarkable task of knowledge transfer to improve the management of invasive species in Spain, compiling relevant information (available on our website), publishing international scientific articles that could not have been carried out without the synergy of the members of the network. We have performed the first horizon scanning of potentially invasive species in Spain with the participation of environmental managers at the national level. We are now carrying out a specific one for the Canary Islands. In this new phase, we propose to carry out one for the Balearic Islands. We will also compile the first updated list of the exotic species established in Spain, a database that is extremely necessary for decision-making. The network, of about 40 researchers from multiple Spanish research groups who have participated to date, will facilitate the completion of these tasks, which will also be joined by other researchers who wish to do so. Through the proposed tasks, periodic meetings, and the dissemination of results, we intend to improve the transfer of our research to environmental managers and to the society in general, as well as to promote interactions between research groups on biological invasions of all taxonomic groups, ecosystems and
regions of the country.
date, InvaNET has carried out a remarkable task of knowledge transfer to improve the management of invasive species in Spain, compiling relevant information (available on our website), publishing international scientific articles that could not have been carried out without the synergy of the members of the network. We have performed the first horizon scanning of potentially invasive species in Spain with the participation of environmental managers at the national level. We are now carrying out a specific one for the Canary Islands. In this new phase, we propose to carry out one for the Balearic Islands. We will also compile the first updated list of the exotic species established in Spain, a database that is extremely necessary for decision-making. The network, of about 40 researchers from multiple Spanish research groups who have participated to date, will facilitate the completion of these tasks, which will also be joined by other researchers who wish to do so. Through the proposed tasks, periodic meetings, and the dissemination of results, we intend to improve the transfer of our research to environmental managers and to the society in general, as well as to promote interactions between research groups on biological invasions of all taxonomic groups, ecosystems and
regions of the country.