Description
Book SynopsisPest risk analysis is an evolving and dynamic field. It informs decisions for regulatory plant protection, from domestic activities such as prioritizing pests for surveillance to making quarantine decisions regarding the importation of products. This text provides a solid foundation in pest risk analysis and its application to regulatory plant protection. Basic methods for pest risk analysis are addressed, including how they can be used to solve real life problems in the context of national and international rules, regulations, requirements, laws and agreements. Written by practicing risk analysts, the text is enhanced with examples of methods and applications, many of which are based on real analyses performed by plant protection organizations. Understanding of basic tools and methods is encouraged to enable the reader to prepare, review and develop scientifically sound and technically defensible pest risk analyses. This is an essential resource for students in agricultural sciences, and regulatory plant protection professionals wishing to learn about pest risk analysis: why we do it, how it's done, and what it requires.
Table of ContentsSection 1: Pest Risk Analysis Background and History 1: Introduction 2: Basic Concepts in Risk Analysis 3: History of Plant Quarantine and the Use of Risk Analysis 4: International Legal and Regulatory Framework for Risk Analysis Section 2: Pest Risk Analysis - Components and Applications 5: Terminology Used in Pest Risk Analysis 6: Information and Pest Risk Analysis 7: Economic Analysis in Pest Risk Analysis 8: Types and Applications of Pest Risk Analysis Section 3: Pest Risk Assessment Methods 9: Qualitative Methods 10: Quantitative Methods 11: Pest Risk Assessment 12: Mapping, Climate and Geographic Information for Risk Analysis Section 4: Pest Risk Management, Risk Communication and Uncertainty 13: Pest Risk Management Theory and Background 14: Pest Risk Management Applications and Practice 15: Risk Communication in Pest Risk Analysis 16: Uncertainty in Pest Risk Analysis Section 5: Special Topics for Pest Risk Analysis 17: Special Applications of PRA - Beneficial Organisms 18: Special Applications of PRA - Weed Risk Assessment 19: Appropriate Level of Protection, Precaution and Jurisprudence 20: Invasive Species and Living Modified Organisms
