A framework for management of Lantana camara in India

摘要

Invasive species are recognized as potential threats to ecosystem and this problem is exacerbated as global trade and travel accelerates and human-mediated disturbance increases. Synergies are lacking across management, research, policies and decision making as there are insufficient networking, coordination and collaboration across organizations and departments to manage invasion. Thus, sustainable management of invasive species is challenging but inevitable given the increasing range of alteration caused by invasion which has little prospect of irreversibility. To be sustainable, Invasive Species Management Framework (ISMF) strategies must include environmental, social, economic and political factors that influence the causes, impacts, and control of invasive species across spatio-temporal scales. Although these elemental management strategies are easy to document and comprehend but their implementation is often limited by insufficient control measures, funds, research, socio-economic pressures and political constraints. In this paper, specific objectives for sustainable management of invasive species, Lantana camara - notorious weed, is proposed for Indian settings. Even a few of the outlined ISMF strategies, if incorporated into a management plan, will lead to effective management through increased coordination, communication, transparency, accountability and help avert potential risks posed by accidental and/or intentional introduction of L. camara. Incorporating these management strategies in formulating plans will allow not only allow decision makers to respond quickly and effectively to invasions but will also enable to combat new invasion in a rapidly changing global environment