Biological invasions as costly as natural disasters (IMAGE)

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Biological invasions as costly as natural disasters

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Economic costs of damage caused by natural disasters (grey) and biological invasions (red), in billions of dollars (2020 value). Circles show the total costs between 1980 and 2020, which are of the same order of magnitude for the first four categories. The curves show the annual increase in these costs over this period. Both representations illustrate that biological invasions are as costly as natural disasters.

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© Turbelin et al./ Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

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