Risk assessment of alien taxa in Sweden 2024

Dataset type

This dataset contains a list of species with an associated trait.

Description

List of risk assessed taxa known to have been introduced to Sweden, or taxa that could be introduced, and for which the risk for invasiveness was assessed as ‘Very high risk’, ‘High risk’ or ‘Potentially high risk’ according to the analyses made 2023-2024 through the risk assessment method GEIAA (Generic Ecological Impact Assessment of Alien species), developed by the Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. The results presented are estimates of ecological impact and invasion potential, as well as risk class and outcome criteria. This list replaces the previous results published in the Risk assessment of alien taxa in Sweden 2018 https://doi.org/10.15468/yrayvw).

SLU Artdatabanken (Swedish Species Information Centre) has led the work on risk assessment and producing a new risk list on behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. A total of 5589 species were assessed, of these, 1968 proceeded to an in-depth assessment, and of these, 1622 have been risk-classified.

Geographic Description

The country of Sweden including the area of Sweden’s Economic Zone (EEZ).

Methods

See report Strand, Aronsson & Svensson (2018; see section Citations).

Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data.

Citation

No citation information available.

Rights

To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

Metadata last updated on 2026-04-30 09:11:54.0