In:
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Wiley, Vol. 36, No. 1 ( 2017-01), p. 7-16
Abstract:
Roskilde University (Denmark) hosted a November 2015 workshop, Environmental Risk—Assessing and Managing Multiple Risks in a Changing World. This Focus article presents the consensus recommendations of 30 attendees from 9 countries regarding implementation of a common currency (ecosystem services) for holistic environmental risk assessment and management; improvements to risk assessment and management in a complex, human‐modified, and changing world; appropriate development of protection goals in a 2‐stage process; dealing with societal issues; risk‐management information needs; conducting risk assessment of risk management; and development of adaptive and flexible regulatory systems. The authors encourage both cross‐disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to address their 10 recommendations: 1) adopt ecosystem services as a common currency for risk assessment and management; 2) consider cumulative stressors (chemical and nonchemical) and determine which dominate to best manage and restore ecosystem services; 3) fully integrate risk managers and communities of interest into the risk‐assessment process; 4) fully integrate risk assessors and communities of interest into the risk‐management process; 5) consider socioeconomics and increased transparency in both risk assessment and risk management; 6) recognize the ethical rights of humans and ecosystems to an adequate level of protection; 7) determine relevant reference conditions and the proper ecological context for assessments in human‐modified systems; 8) assess risks and benefits to humans and the ecosystem and consider unintended consequences of management actions; 9) avoid excessive conservatism or possible underprotection resulting from sole reliance on binary, numerical benchmarks; and 10) develop adaptive risk‐management and regulatory goals based on ranges of uncertainty. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:7–16. © 2016 SETAC
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0730-7268
,
1552-8618
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2027441-5
SSG:
12
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