A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks

A comparative analysis of two risk assessment (RA) frameworks developed to support the implementation of the international Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and European Regulation on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was performed. This analysis revealed both differences and similarities betwee...

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Main Authors: Greta Srėbalienė, Sergej Olenin, Dan Minchin, Aleksas Narščius
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Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-06-01
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6965.pdf
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author Greta Srėbalienė
Sergej Olenin
Dan Minchin
Aleksas Narščius
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Dan Minchin
Aleksas Narščius
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description A comparative analysis of two risk assessment (RA) frameworks developed to support the implementation of the international Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and European Regulation on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was performed. This analysis revealed both differences and similarities between the IMO Risk Assessment Guidelines (IMO, 2007) and EU Regulation supplement on RA of IAS (EU, 2018) in RA approaches, key principles, RA components and categories of IAS impacts recommended for assessment. The results of this analysis were used to produce a common procedure for the evaluation of the bioinvasion risk and impact assessment methods intended to support international, regional and/or national policy on IAS. The procedure includes a scoring scheme to assess compliance with the key principles, RA components and categories of bioinvasion impacts taken into account by the methods. In these methods the categories of impacts on human health and economy are underrepresented comparing with impacts on environment.
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spelling doaj.art-5b3fc8f43f8c4b7f993738e541afdaff2023-12-03T11:21:13ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592019-06-017e696510.7717/peerj.6965A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworksGreta Srėbalienė0Sergej Olenin1Dan Minchin2Aleksas Narščius3Marine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, LithuaniaMarine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, LithuaniaMarine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, LithuaniaMarine Research Institute, Klaipėda University, Klaipėda, LithuaniaA comparative analysis of two risk assessment (RA) frameworks developed to support the implementation of the international Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and European Regulation on Invasive Alien Species (IAS) was performed. This analysis revealed both differences and similarities between the IMO Risk Assessment Guidelines (IMO, 2007) and EU Regulation supplement on RA of IAS (EU, 2018) in RA approaches, key principles, RA components and categories of IAS impacts recommended for assessment. The results of this analysis were used to produce a common procedure for the evaluation of the bioinvasion risk and impact assessment methods intended to support international, regional and/or national policy on IAS. The procedure includes a scoring scheme to assess compliance with the key principles, RA components and categories of bioinvasion impacts taken into account by the methods. In these methods the categories of impacts on human health and economy are underrepresented comparing with impacts on environment.https://peerj.com/articles/6965.pdfRisk assessmentInvasive alien speciesImpactIMO guidelinesPolicy relevanceBiosecurity
spellingShingle Greta Srėbalienė
Sergej Olenin
Dan Minchin
Aleksas Narščius
A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
PeerJ
Risk assessment
Invasive alien species
Impact
IMO guidelines
Policy relevance
Biosecurity
title A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
title_full A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
title_fullStr A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
title_short A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
title_sort comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the imo guidelines and eu invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks
topic Risk assessment
Invasive alien species
Impact
IMO guidelines
Policy relevance
Biosecurity
url https://peerj.com/articles/6965.pdf
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