[ECOLOG-L] value of non-indigenous species risk assessment in international trade

[David Duffy]

For those interested in current work on alien invasive species:
ECONOMICS STUDY SHOWS RISK ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIALLY INVASIVE ANIMAL 
SPECIES PAYS OFF
Findings demonstrate substantial returns on screening program 
relative to current costs of open-door policy

 <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/economics-study-shows-risk-assessment-of-potentially-invasive-animal-species-pays-off-127728873.html>www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/economics-study-shows-risk-assessment-of-potentially-invasive-animal-species-pays-off-127728873.html 



Springborn, M., Romagosa, C.M., Keller, R.P., The value of 
non-indigenous species risk assessment in international trade, Ecol. 
Econ. (2011), doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.06.016.

For more information about the study and the authors, please visit: 
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180091100262X#FCANote>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180091100262X#FCANote.

Thanks to peter jenkins <jenkinsbiopol...@gmail.com> via Aliens-L 
<aliens-l-boun...@list.auckland.ac.nz>





David Cameron Duffy
Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (PCSU)
University of Hawai`i