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Perry G. The next great migration: the story of movement on a changing planet. Biol Invasions 2020. [PMCID: PMC7366478 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02317-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gad Perry
- Department of Natural Resource Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
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Perry G, Curzer H, Farmer M, Gore ML, Simberloff D. Historical, Ethical, and (Extra)legal Perspectives on Culpability in Accidental Species Introductions. Bioscience 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
AbstractSome nonnative species benefit humans, but many become invasive, with high economic, cultural, and ecological costs. Although many introductions are considered accidental, inadvertent, or unintentional, this terminology often cannot be justified. Prevention policies have been proposed or implemented, and a diversity of proven control methods is available, but invasion problems grow, largely because feasible policy and management approaches are not implemented. The lack of action reflects willful myopia, a decision not to act because of negligence by policymakers, managers, and individuals. We explore the multidimensional ethical implications of this view and propose a continuum of ethical hazard. We relate the ethical dimensions to legal aspects of culpability and suggest a possible cutoff for legal liability. Finally, we identify four components of a desired policy response: It must ensure legal authority for action, base policy response on market forces, assure that more than simplistic economic considerations underpin decisions, and better engage the public.
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- Gad Perry
- Department of Natural Resource Management and the senior director for international research and development in the Office of International Affairs at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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- Departments of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Natural Resource Management also at Texas Tech
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
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- Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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