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Sustainable development and invasive alien species: Implementation challenges of an EU regulation

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  • A. Iasmina Roman
  • Volker Mauerhofer

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Invasive alien species (IAS) constitute a trans‐ and intracontinental challenge. With this article, we exemplify obstacles met during the implementation of the Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014 against IAS and comparatively assess them through two case studies from two Member States, Austria and Romania, via qualitative content analysis. Challenges are identified, analyzed, and discussed based on interviews with stakeholders from both countries in the view of the three main intervention types within this Regulation: prevention, early detection, and rapid eradication and management. The obstacles, which the two Member States met, are related to creating, updating, and maintaining the Union List and to the distribution of competences, which influence the national and subnational cooperation and coordination. Financial resources, custom controls, national legislation, and awareness influence the implementation of the IAS Regulation too. This research contributes to improving knowledge about numerous details of the implementation and enforcement of this IAS‐Regulation to make them more feasible, not just for scientists, but also for decision‐ and policymakers, business owners, and other stakeholders.

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  • A. Iasmina Roman & Volker Mauerhofer, 2022. "Sustainable development and invasive alien species: Implementation challenges of an EU regulation," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(4), pages 477-488, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:30:y:2022:i:4:p:477-488
    DOI: 10.1002/sd.2217
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    1. Mauerhofer, V. & Laza, I., 2018. "How do ecosystem services perform in enforceable law? Potentials and pitfalls within regional and national integration," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 29(PB), pages 260-270.
    2. A. Iasmina Roman & Volker Mauerhofer, 2019. "Multilevel Coordination and Cooperation during Implementing Supranational Environmental Legislation: A Case Study on Invasive Alien Species," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, March.
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    1. A. Iasmina Roman & Volker Mauerhofer, 2019. "Multilevel Coordination and Cooperation during Implementing Supranational Environmental Legislation: A Case Study on Invasive Alien Species," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-17, March.

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