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Impacts, threats, and potential benefits of invasive plant species

Vast migrations caused the first movement of plants and animals from one region to another, along with the seeds of food crops and livestock. Most of these species, especially invasive ones, have significant direct and indirect impacts on the economy, agriculture, and health. Monitoring and controlling invasive alien species is estimated to cost billions of dollars annually worldwide. After habitat destruction, climate change, and pollution, invasive alien species are one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. A fraction of the money spent on monitoring, controlling, and eradicating invasive alien species could be recouped by integrating these species into the circular economy, generating value-added products or energy, and obtaining high-value specialized metabolites.

invasive alien species ; biomass ; energy crisis ; circular economy

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