Horizon scanning and pathways analysis for invasive non-native species for Scotland’s islands, hydrological and marine regions

Work Package 1 - Horizon scanning for island, hydrological and marine regions

This work package will assess non-native plants and animals (terrestrial, freshwater and marine) with potentially negative impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, which are likely to be introduced to Scotland’s island, river catchments and marine regions in the next ten years.

Work package 2 - Pathways analysis for Scotland’s island, river catchments and marine regions.

Potential pathways of non-native species introduction into Scotland’s island, river catchments and marine regions should be compiled for a) established INNS in Scotland and b) INNS identified through the horizon scanning exercise in Work package 1. This work package should apply the pathway terminology and assessment methodology used in the previous Scottish pathways analysis (Roy & Carvalho, 2023). Pathways of introduction of INNS may operate both within Scotland and from further afield.