0577168 - BÚ 2024 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
van Velden, J. L. - Biggs, R. - Hichert, T. - Booth, P. - Büchner-Marais, C. - Esler, K. J. - Lewarne, M. - Potgieter, L. J. - Rahlao, S. J. - Rebelo, A. J. - Robinson, T. B. - van Wilgen, N. J. - Richardson, David Mark
Futures for invasive alien species management: using bottom‑up innovations to envision positive systemic change.
Sustainability Science. Roč. 18, November (2023), s. 2567-2587. ISSN 1862-4065. E-ISSN 1862-4057
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF18_053/0017850
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : biological invasions * non-native species * scenarios
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 5.1, year: 2023 ; AIS: 1.549, rok: 2023
Method of publishing: Open access
Result website:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01406-0DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01406-0

Invasive alien species (IAS) pose a key threat to biodiversity, the economy and human well-being, and continue to increase in abundance and impact worldwide. Legislation and policy currently dominate the global agenda for IAS, although translation to localised success may be limited. This calls for a wider range of responses to transform IAS management. An under-appreciated strategy to achieve success may come from bottom-up, experimental innovations (so-called seeds), which ofer alternative visions of what may be possible for IAS management in the future. We present an application of a participatory process that builds on such innovations to create alternative visions of the future, with actionable pathways to guide change. Through a series of workshops with practitioners and academics, we used this process to explore alternative positive futures for IAS management in South Africa. We then identifed a set of domains of change, that could enable these visions to be actioned by appropriate stakeholders. The domains of change highlight the social–ecological nature of the IAS sector, with interconnected actions needed in fnancial, cultural, social, technological and governance spheres. Key domains identifed were the need to shift mindsets and values of society regarding IAS, as well as the need for appropriate and functional fnancing. This participatory futuring process ofers a way to interrogate and scale bottom-up innovations, thereby creating optimism and allowing stakeholders to engage constructively with the future. This represents an important step in fostering the potential of bottom-up innovations to transform IAS management.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0348984