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Recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA

Recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA
Recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA
EFSA Scientific Committee
Opinion
EFSA performs environmental risk assessments (ERAs) for single potential stressors such as plant protection products, genetically modified organisms and feed additives and for invasive alien species that are harmful for plant health. In this risk assessment domain, the EFSA Scientific Committee recognises the importance of more integrated ERAs considering both the local and landscape scales, as well as the possible co‐occurrence of multiple potential stressors that fall under the remit of EFSA, which are important when addressing ecological recovery. In this scientific opinion, the Scientific Committee gathered scientific knowledge on the potential for the recovery of non‐target organisms for the further development of ERA. Current EFSA guidance documents and opinions were reviewed on how ecological recovery is addressed in ERA schemes. In addition, this scientific opinion is based on expert knowledge and data retrieved from the literature. Finally, the information presented in this opinion was reviewed by experts from the relevant EFSA Panels, European risk assessment bodies and through an open consultation requesting input from stakeholders. A conceptual framework was developed to address ecological recovery for any assessed products, and invasive alien species that are harmful for plant health. This framework proposes an integrative approach based on well‐defined specific protection goals, scientific knowledge derived by means of experimentation, modelling and monitoring, and the selection of focal taxa, communities, processes and landscapes to develop environmental scenarios to allow the assessment of recovery of organisms and ecological processes at relevant spatial and temporal scales.
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More, Simon, Mortensen, Alicja, Ricci, Antonia, Silano, Vittorio, Knutsen, Katrine Helle, Rychen, Guido, Naegeli, Hanspeter, Turck, Dominique, Jeger, Michael John, Ockleford, Colin, Benford, Diane, Halldorsson, Thorhallur, Hardy, Anthony, Noteborn, Hubert, Schlatter, Josef, Solecki, Roland, Bigler, Franz, Brock, Theo, Frampton, Geoffrey, Hogstrand, Christer, Luttik, Robert, Martin-Laurent, Fabrice, Topping, Christopher John, Van Der Werf, Wopke, Maggiore, Angelo, Rortais, Agnes, Schoonjans, Reinhilde, Streissl, Franz, Tramontini, Sara, Vettori, Maria Vittoria, Vos, Sybren and Volani, Stefania (2016) Recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA. EFSA Journal, 14 (2), [4313]. (doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2016.4313).

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Abstract

EFSA Scientific Committee
Opinion
EFSA performs environmental risk assessments (ERAs) for single potential stressors such as plant protection products, genetically modified organisms and feed additives and for invasive alien species that are harmful for plant health. In this risk assessment domain, the EFSA Scientific Committee recognises the importance of more integrated ERAs considering both the local and landscape scales, as well as the possible co‐occurrence of multiple potential stressors that fall under the remit of EFSA, which are important when addressing ecological recovery. In this scientific opinion, the Scientific Committee gathered scientific knowledge on the potential for the recovery of non‐target organisms for the further development of ERA. Current EFSA guidance documents and opinions were reviewed on how ecological recovery is addressed in ERA schemes. In addition, this scientific opinion is based on expert knowledge and data retrieved from the literature. Finally, the information presented in this opinion was reviewed by experts from the relevant EFSA Panels, European risk assessment bodies and through an open consultation requesting input from stakeholders. A conceptual framework was developed to address ecological recovery for any assessed products, and invasive alien species that are harmful for plant health. This framework proposes an integrative approach based on well‐defined specific protection goals, scientific knowledge derived by means of experimentation, modelling and monitoring, and the selection of focal taxa, communities, processes and landscapes to develop environmental scenarios to allow the assessment of recovery of organisms and ecological processes at relevant spatial and temporal scales.

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Published date: 3 February 2016
Additional Information: Question Number: EFSA-Q-2013-00902

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Local EPrints ID: 420573
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420573
PURE UUID: 97f9888d-4c14-4fea-8e9e-ef1cf83901b0
ORCID for Geoffrey Frampton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2005-0497

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Date deposited: 10 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:38

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Author: Simon More
Author: Alicja Mortensen
Author: Antonia Ricci
Author: Vittorio Silano
Author: Katrine Helle Knutsen
Author: Guido Rychen
Author: Hanspeter Naegeli
Author: Dominique Turck
Author: Michael John Jeger
Author: Colin Ockleford
Author: Diane Benford
Author: Thorhallur Halldorsson
Author: Anthony Hardy
Author: Hubert Noteborn
Author: Josef Schlatter
Author: Roland Solecki
Author: Franz Bigler
Author: Theo Brock
Author: Christer Hogstrand
Author: Robert Luttik
Author: Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Author: Christopher John Topping
Author: Wopke Van Der Werf
Author: Angelo Maggiore
Author: Agnes Rortais
Author: Reinhilde Schoonjans
Author: Franz Streissl
Author: Sara Tramontini
Author: Maria Vittoria Vettori
Author: Sybren Vos
Author: Stefania Volani

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