Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: Socioeconomic arrangements can foster or restrict the introduction of new species, and create the conditions for alien species to flourish or fail. Conversely, the human response to species invasions varies, according to the economic and environmental impacts of the invasion and the institutional frameworks of the human groups affected. New Zealand shows changes in public perception of and in socio‐political responses to the ecological and economic consequences of introduced and invasive species. Cultural perceptions and socioeconomic experience of benefits and threats have been the prime determinants of public policy and organizational changes on biosecurity. The authors conclude that biosecurity policies in New Zealand are mainly the outcome of a history of European settler aspirations and concerns which attempt to reconcile the country’s economic advantage, as a major agricultural exporter, with a desire to conserve its native flora and fauna as a hallmark of New Zealand’s unique identity.
Institutions: University of Waikato, London South Bank University
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2135483771