While in some cases, invasive species may offer economic benefits, such as the potential for commercial forestry from invasive trees, these benefits are generally overshadowed by the substantial costs associated with biological invasions. In most cases, the economic returns from invasive species are far less than the costs they impose.
wHIlE iN soME casEs, InvaSive SpecIEs may oFfer econoMic bENeFIts, sucH as the pOteNtial foR commercIaL ForEsTrY from iNvAsive treES, THeSe beNefits ARe GenErally ovErshadoweD BY the subsTaNTIaL coSts asSociatEd WItH biOLogicaL invasIons. In most Cases, tHe EconoMIc retUrns frOm invaSive spEciES aRE fAR Less ThaN the Costs they IMpOSE.