Home » Resource Database Insight IPBES Invasive Alien Species AssessmentRead the insight (IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment)(This link will take you to an external website) About this Insight (IPBES, September 2023) Approved on Saturday in Bonn, Germany, by representatives of the 143 member States of IPBES, the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control finds that alongside dramatic changes to biodiversity and ecosystems, the global economic cost of invasive alien species exceeded $423 billion annually in 2019, with costs having at least quadrupled every decade since 1970. Read it here. Read the insight (IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment)(This link will take you to an external website)