School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
J Environ Manage. 2023 Dec 15;348:119272. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119272. Epub 2023 Oct 18.
Invasive species are one of the most pressing global challenges for biodiversity and agriculture. They can cause species extinctions, ecosystem alterations, crop damage, and spread harmful diseases across broad regions. Overcoming this challenge requires collaborative management efforts that span multiple land tenures and jurisdictions. Despite evidence on the importance and approaches to collaboration, there is little understanding of how success is evaluated in the invasive species management literature. This is a major gap, considering evaluating success is crucial for enhancing the efficacy of future management projects. To overcome this knowledge gap, we systematically reviewed the published literature to identify the stages at which success is evaluated - that is, the Process stage (collaborative management actions and Processes), Outputs stage (results of management actions to protect environmental, economic, and social values) and Outcomes stage (effects of Outputs on environmental, economic, and social values) of collaborative invasive species management projects. We also assessed what indicators were used to identify success and whether these evaluations vary across different characteristics of collaborative invasive species management. Our literature search detected 1406 papers, of which 58 met our selection criteria. Out of these, the majority of papers evaluated success across two stages (n = 25, 43.1%), whereas only ten (17.2%) papers evaluated success across all stages. Outputs were the most commonly evaluated stage (n = 40, 68.9%). The most widely used indicators of success for these stages included increased collaboration of stakeholders (Process stage), the number of captured/eradicated/controlled invasive species (Outputs stage) and change in biodiversity values, such as the number of threatened species (Outcomes stage). Most indicators of success were environmentally focused. We highlight the need to align the indicators of success and evaluation stages with the fundamental objectives of the projects to increase the effectiveness of evaluations and thereby maximise the benefits of collaborative invasive species management.
入侵物种是生物多样性和农业面临的最紧迫的全球性挑战之一。它们会导致物种灭绝、生态系统改变、作物受损，并在广大地区传播有害疾病。克服这一挑战需要跨越多个土地保有权和管辖权的合作管理努力。尽管有关于合作的重要性和方法的证据，但对于入侵物种管理文献中如何评估成功的理解甚少。考虑到评估成功对于提高未来管理项目的效果至关重要，这是一个主要的知识空白。为了克服这一知识空白，我们系统地回顾了已发表的文献，以确定在合作入侵物种管理项目中评估成功的阶段，即过程阶段（合作管理行动和过程）、产出阶段（管理行动保护环境、经济和社会价值的结果）和结果阶段（产出对环境、经济和社会价值的影响）。我们还评估了用于识别成功的指标是什么，以及这些评估是否因合作入侵物种管理的不同特征而有所不同。我们的文献检索检测到 1406 篇论文，其中 58 篇符合我们的选择标准。在这些论文中，大多数论文评估了两个阶段的成功（n=25，占 43.1%），只有 10 篇（17.2%）论文评估了所有阶段的成功。产出阶段是最常评估的阶段（n=40，占 68.9%）。这些阶段最广泛使用的成功指标包括利益相关者合作增加（过程阶段）、捕获/根除/控制的入侵物种数量（产出阶段）以及生物多样性价值的变化，例如受威胁物种的数量（结果阶段）。大多数成功指标都侧重于环境。我们强调需要使成功指标和评估阶段与项目的基本目标保持一致，以提高评估的有效性，从而最大限度地提高合作入侵物种管理的效益。
