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Invasive alien species in Europe

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Number of the listed 'worst' terrestrial and freshwater invasive alien species in each country". (EEA, from the title of figure 4 from http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species [2] (http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species... [3])

Data host: 

European Environment Agency

Unit of Measurement: 

Species / Thousand Square Kilometers

Link to Data: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species-in-euro… [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [6]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Methodology not available [7]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Abundance and distribution of selected species [8]
Relationship explanation: 
invasive species is a specification of this indicator
Type of relation: 
Other arithmetical connection

Temporal Coverage: 

2006

Frequency of Updates: 

  • irregular [9]

Indicator developer: 

European Environment Agency

Link to Methodology: 

Invasive alien species in Europe [10]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [11]

Data quality assesment: 

  • No published quality assessment [12]

Publishing delay: 

  • more than 3 years [13]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Invasive alien species in Europe [10]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Increase in trade and tourism and transport on land and in particular at sea, as well as developments in agriculture, plantation forestry, aquaculture, fisheries, game management and the pet trade, have provided new and enhanced pathways for the spread of

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [14]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are invasive species decreasing/not increasing, but domestic species are decreasing in abundance?
Related Indicator: 
Abundance and distribution of selected species [8]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are there less alien species, because the regarding country is not incorporated in the trade flows?
Related Indicator: 
Physical Trade Balance (PTB) [15]

Use of indicator in mandates, international agreements or legislation: 

Name of agreement or policy: 

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

Name of body or organisation: 

UN

Link to body or organisation: 

CBD [16]

Section or page to find indicator: 

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species-in-europe/invasive-alien-species-in-europe
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/invasive-alien-species-europe

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/706
[2] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species
[3] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species-in-europe/invasive-alien-species-in-europe
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/52
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/35
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/abundance-and-distribution-selected-species
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/21
[10] http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/invasive-alien-species-in-europe/
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/37
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/26
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/physical-trade-balance-ptb
[16] http://www.cbd.int/