2024-04-242023/24:MJU12 · p.2MJUEnvironment & agriculture
Monitoring of invasive alien species
Monitoring of invasive alien species
What's at stake: The decision affects how quickly and in a coordinated way Sweden can act against invasive species spreading as the climate warms and displacing native plants and animals, which in turn affects biodiversity in Swedish ecosystems on land and in water.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the state should actively strengthen and coordinate the control and monitoring of invasive alien species through a joint strategy and better mapping, or whether ongoing environmental monitoring is sufficient without new parliamentary initiatives.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee assesses that the environmental monitoring system is already well developed, with unique time-series data and methodological advances, and that work is under way including within the Copernicus programme and a review of the organisation of environmental monitoring now being processed within the Government Offices. Against that background, the committee sees no need to further develop environmental monitoring in various ways, including for invasive alien species, and opposes the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (C)
The reservation (C) stresses that invasive alien species are a rapidly growing threat to biodiversity, worsened by a warmer climate and displacing native species. A review of government efforts found that there is no basic inventory of invasive species and their distribution, and that it is also insufficiently investigated which control methods are most effective. The reservation therefore wants control efforts stepped up both on land and at sea, and mapping and environmental monitoring improved through a joint strategy.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 3 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: SDSverigedemokraterna
Ja 268–22Ja 205–85
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 92/0/0/14 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/16/2 | differs | confidence: high | derived |
| C | No | No 0/22/0/2 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2023/24:899 by Emma Nohrén et al. (MP) demand 3, and 2023/24:2485 by Stina Larsson et al. (C) demand 7.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2023/24:899 av Emma Nohrén m.fl. (MP) yrkande 3 och 2023/24:2485 av Stina Larsson m.fl. (C) yrkande 7.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to approximately 190 proposals in motions on nature conservation policy work submitted during the general motion period 2023. The motions deal, among other things, with area protection, species protection and work with invasive alien species. An invasive alien species means a species that has been moved from its original environment with human help and causes serious damage to, among other things, ecosystems and infrastructure in the new environment. The Riksdag refers to ongoing investigation and legislation work.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to improve monitoring of invasive species and develop a common strategy for combating them. (C) — Reservation 3
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan requires that measures be immediately implemented for species to be able to survive and identifies protection of biological diversity as acutely neglected.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that measures be immediately implemented for species to be able to survive and identifies protection of biological diversity as acutely neglected. Better mapping, environmental monitoring, and stepped-up control of invasive alien species is a direct application of that commitment. The plan does not name invasive species, so the support is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att åtgärder genast sätts in för att arter ska kunna fortleva och pekar ut skyddet av den biologiska mångfalden som akut eftersatt. Bättre kartläggning, miljöövervakning och uppväxlad bekämpning av invasiva främmande arter är en direkt tillämpning av det åtagandet. Planen namnger inte invasiva arter, varför stödet är härlett.
- immediate species protection measuresdecisive»Åtgärder måste genast sättas in för att arter långsiktigt kan fortleva i bestånd med tillräcklig genetisk variation.« (party programme ↗)“Measures must immediately be implemented for species to be able to survive long-term in populations with sufficient genetic variation.”
- protect biological diversity»Vi måste lösa klimatkrisen och skydda den biologiska mångfalden – omställningen går alldeles för sakta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must solve the climate crisis and protect biological diversity - the transition is going far too slowly.”
- environmental consideration overriding»de långsiktiga miljöhänsynen måste vara överordnade i den meningen att ett globalt ekologiskt sammanbrott aldrig kan vara ett pris värt att betala.« (party programme ↗)“long-term environmental considerations must be overriding in the sense that global ecological collapse never can be a price worth paying.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto highlights that species extinction accelerates and that biological diversity is threatened, and the programme requires that diversity is protected.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto highlights that species extinction accelerates and that biological diversity is threatened, and the programme requires that diversity is protected. Better mapping, environmental monitoring and stepped-up control of invasive alien species are concrete means for that protection. The programme also notes that society must handle what the market does not price, such as nature and water.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet lyfter att artdöden accelererar och att den biologiska mångfalden hotas, och programmet kräver att mångfalden skyddas. Bättre kartläggning, miljöövervakning och uppväxlad bekämpning av invasiva främmande arter är konkreta medel för det skyddet. Programmet motiverar också att samhället måste hantera det som marknaden inte prissätter, som natur och vatten.
- threatened biological diversitydecisive»Samtidigt accelererar artdöden och den biologiska mångfalden hotas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, species extinction accelerates and biological diversity is threatened.”
- protect biological diversity»biologiska mångfalden måste skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“biological diversity must be protected.”
- societal responsibility for nature»marknadsmekanismerna inte klarar av att hushålla med sådant som saknar marknadspris,« (party programme ↗)“market mechanisms cannot cope with managing such things as lack market price,”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme explicitly points to invasive alien species as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and demands shared commitments to stop species loss.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme explicitly points to invasive alien species as one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and demands shared commitments to stop species loss. Nature conservation issues are said to need greater weight, and the election manifesto wants to protect 30 percent of nature and save the coastal ecosystems. Stepped-up control and better mapping follow directly from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet pekar uttryckligen ut invaderande främmande arter som ett av de största hoten mot den biologiska mångfalden och kräver gemensamma åtaganden för att stoppa utarmningen. Naturvårdsfrågorna sägs behöva större tyngd, och valmanifestet vill skydda 30 procent av naturen och rädda kustens ekosystem. Uppväxlad bekämpning och bättre kartläggning följer direkt av dessa åtaganden.
- invasive species threaten biodiversitydecisive»livsmiljöer, invaderande främmande arter, miljö.« (party programme ↗)“habitats, invasive alien species, environment.”
- stop biodiversity loss»åtaganden för att stoppa utarmningen av den« (party programme ↗)“commitments to stop species loss”
- nature conservation must be strengthened»Naturvårdsfrågorna i Sverige och inom EU måste få« (party programme ↗)“Nature conservation issues in Sweden and within the EU must receive”
- restore coastal ecosystems»rädda kustens ekosystem — återskapa förstörda miljöer .« (2022 manifesto ↗)“save the coastal ecosystems — restore destroyed environments.”
flags: citat_migrerat
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan explicitly says that more must be done to combat invasive species and that nature should be cared for and biological diversity developed.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly says that more must be done to combat invasive species and that nature should be cared for and biological diversity developed. The counter-proposal's demand for scaled-up eradication and better mapping and monitoring of invasive species is thus the plan's own position. The party programme also sees preservation of biological diversity as an investment in the future that must be managed better.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger uttryckligen att mer måste göras för att bekämpa invasiva arter och att naturen ska vårdas och den biologiska mångfalden utvecklas. Motförslagets krav på uppväxlad bekämpning och bättre kartläggning och övervakning av invasiva arter är därmed planens egen ståndpunkt. Partiprogrammet ser dessutom bevarande av biologisk mångfald som en investering i framtiden som måste förvaltas bättre.
- combat invasive speciesdecisive»Mer måste göras för att restaurera våtmarker, bekämpa invasiva arter och underlätta för markägare att bidra« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done to restore wetlands, combat invasive species and facilitate landowners to contribute”
- value biological diversity»Sveriges natur ska vårdas och den biologiska mångfalden utvecklas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's nature should be cared for and biological diversity developed.”
- diversity as investment»Bevarande av biologisk mångfald, och de miljöer den beror av, är en investering i framtiden« (party programme ↗)“Preservation of biological diversity, and the environments it depends on, is an investment in the future”
The party programme requires that nature conservation gets a renaissance and that increased restoration efforts are made for biological diversity both on land and in water, and states that more and more species are threatened with extinction.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that nature conservation gets a renaissance and that increased restoration efforts are made for biological diversity both on land and in water, and states that more and more species are threatened with extinction. The election manifesto promises continued work with protecting valuable nature and biological diversity. The counter-proposal's stepped-up combating and better mapping of invasive species follows from these commitments, even if invasive species are not specifically mentioned.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att naturvården får en renässans och att ökade restaureringsinsatser görs för den biologiska mångfalden både på land och i vatten, och konstaterar att allt fler arter hotas av utrotning. Valmanifestet lovar fortsatt arbete med att skydda värdefull natur och biologisk mångfald. Motförslagets uppväxlade bekämpning och bättre kartläggning av invasiva arter följer av dessa åtaganden, även om just invasiva arter inte nämns.
- nature conservation's renaissancedecisive»Naturvården måste få en renässans. För att bevara och utveckla den biologiska mångfalden i form« (party programme ↗)“Nature conservation must get a renaissance. To preserve and develop biological diversity in the form”
- protection of threatened species»Allt fler arter hotas av utrotning. Hotade växter och djur ska skyddas genom fridlysning,« (party programme ↗)“More and more species are threatened with extinction. Threatened plants and animals shall be protected through protected status,”
- protect biological diversity»Då behöver vi fortsätta arbetet med att skydda både värdefull natur och den biologiska mångfalden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Then we need to continue the work of protecting both valuable nature and biological diversity.”
- increased restoration efforts»av olika naturtyper och arter behövs ökade restaureringsinsatser och fler skyddade« (party programme ↗)“of different nature types and species, increased restoration efforts and more protected areas are needed”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme makes biological diversity a prerequisite for ecosystems' long-term production capacity and builds environmental policy on stewardship and the precautionary principle.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme makes biological diversity a prerequisite for ecosystems' long-term production capacity and builds environmental policy on stewardship and the precautionary principle. Invasive species that crowd out native species threaten precisely this diversity, and inadequate mapping makes it difficult to apply caution. Increased control and better monitoring thus follows from the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet gör den biologiska mångfalden till en förutsättning för ekosystemens långsiktiga produktionsförmåga och bygger miljöpolitiken på förvaltarskap och försiktighetsprincipen. Invasiva arter som tränger ut inhemska arter hotar just den mångfalden, och bristande kartläggning gör försiktighet svår att tillämpa. Uppväxlad bekämpning och bättre övervakning följer därför av planen.
- protect biological diversitydecisive»Mångfalden är en förutsättning för ekosystemens långsiktiga produktionsförmåga.« (party programme ↗)“Diversity is a prerequisite for ecosystems' long-term production capacity.”
- stewardship principle»människan är förvaltare av – och inte herre över – skapelsen« (party programme ↗)“humankind is steward of – and not master of – creation”
- precautionary principle»agerandet grundas på försiktighetsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“action is based on the precautionary principle”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan commits to caring for already protected nature better precisely to strengthen biodiversity and protect Sweden's nature, and states that science and facts should be guiding in environmental policy.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits to caring for already protected nature better precisely to strengthen biodiversity and protect Sweden's nature, and states that science and facts should be guiding in environmental policy. The counter-proposal's demand for better mapping and environmental monitoring of invasive species as well as scaled-up control measures follow from these commitments. Invasive species are not mentioned in the plan, but the knowledge base is its stated method.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig att vårda redan skyddad natur bättre just för att stärka den biologiska mångfalden och att skydda Sveriges natur, och slår fast att vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i miljöpolitiken. Motförslagets krav på bättre kartläggning och miljöövervakning av invasiva arter samt uppväxlade bekämpningsinsatser följer av dessa åtaganden. Invasiva arter nämns inte i planen, men kunskapsunderlaget är dess uttalade metod.
- strengthened biodiversitydecisive»Vårda redan skyddad skog bättre för att stärka den biologiska mångfalden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Care for already protected forest better to strengthen biodiversity”
- knowledge-based environmental policyweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts should be guiding in climate and environmental policy.”
- protect Swedish nature»Sveriges fantastiska natur ska skyddas och vara tillgänglig så att var och en kan njuta av den.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's fantastic nature should be protected and be accessible so that everyone can enjoy it.”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto explicitly states that more must be done to prevent and solve the problems of invasive plant and animal species, and lists this as an environmental commitment.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly states that more must be done to prevent and solve the problems of invasive plant and animal species, and lists this as an environmental commitment. The counter-proposal's requirements for escalated control on land and at sea, as well as better mapping and monitoring, are exactly what the plan calls for. The plan also emphasizes the marine environment and effective methods in nature conservation.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår uttryckligen fast att mer måste göras för att förebygga och lösa problemen med invasiva växt- och djurarter, och listar detta som ett eget miljöpolitiskt åtagande. Motförslagets krav på uppväxlad bekämpning på land och till havs samt bättre kartläggning och övervakning är precis det planen efterlyser. Planen betonar dessutom havsmiljön och effektiva metoder i naturvården.
- more against invasive speciesdecisive»Mer måste göras för att förebygga och lösa problemen med invasiva växt- och djurarter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done to prevent and solve the problems of invasive plant and animal species.”
- prevent invasive species»Förebygga och minska problem med invasiva växt- och djurarter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prevent and reduce problems with invasive plant and animal species”
- effective methods in nature conservation»Sverigedemokraterna fokuserar på vad som mest effektivt bevarar arter, ibland med nya tekniker.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats focus on what most effectively preserves species, sometimes using new techniques.”
- measures in the marine environment»Öka takten i arbetet med att återställa havsmiljön i Östersjön« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Accelerate the work to restore the Baltic Sea environment”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:MJU12)
- Committee report full text (HB01MJU12)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:1039 — Stöd till våtmarksåtgärder av Marcus Wennerström och Inga-Lill Sjöblom (båda S)
- Motion 2023/24:1098 — Förändrad strandskyddslagstiftning av Markus Wiechel och Victoria Tiblom (båda SD)
- Motion 2023/24:1202 — Lokala förutsättningar för strandskyddet av Jim Svensk Larm och Kristoffer Lindberg (båda S)
- Motion 2023/24:121 — Lättnader i reglerna för skyddsjakt av gäss av Eric Palmqvist (SD)
- Motion 2023/24:1231 — Urholkning av äganderätten av Ulrika Heie (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1233 — Ett reformerat strandskydd för Sveriges landsbygder av Christofer Bergenblock (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1240 — Företag inom besöksnäringen av Martina Johansson (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1360 — Ekonomiskt stöd för att rädda våtmarkerna av Peter Hedberg och Anna-Belle Strömberg (båda S)
- Motion 2023/24:1362 — Invasiva arter av Peter Hedberg och Anna-Belle Strömberg (båda S)
- Motion 2023/24:1408 — Avskaffande av strandskyddet av Josefin Malmqvist (M)
- Motion 2023/24:1459 — En levande och välmående skärgård av Markus Wiechel m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2023/24:146 — Myggbekämpning vid nedre Dalälven av Mathias Bengtsson (KD)
- Motion 2023/24:1633 — Sveriges 13 sämsta lagar av Rickard Nordin och Niels Paarup-Petersen (båda C)
- Motion 2023/24:1639 — Sanering av Östersjön av Niels Paarup-Petersen (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1652 — En plan för att göra Öresund till biosfärområde av Niels Paarup-Petersen (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1674 — Välskötta naturvårdsreservat och nationalparker för bättre folkhälsa av Ewa Pihl Krabbe m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1692 — Bekämpning av parkslide av Johan Büser (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1720 — Lättnader i strandskyddet för bostadsbyggande vid insjöar och andra vattendrag av Mikael Dahlqvist (S)
- Motion 2023/24:1795 — Stärkt arbete mot mördarsniglar, kanadagäss och andra främmande och invasiva arter av Rickard Nordin (C)
- Motion 2023/24:1829 — Renare bränslen i våra småbåtshamnar av Monica Haider (S)
Source: The Swedish Parliament