Managing Pesticide Risks for Non-Target Ecosystems with Pesticide Risk Indicators: a Multicriteria Approach

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In the search for effective pesticide risk management tools, the design of pesticide risk indicators is nowadays receiving increasing attention as a complement to more established regulatory strategies. In the present paper, we apply some recently developed pesticide risk indices and test their potential for management purposes. A pilot approach is proposed, which explores pesticide worst-case hazard scenarios at different space-time scales by means of a set of 5 ecotoxicological risk indices. The results are then interpreted from the perspective of a decision support method using the so-called Critical Threshold Value approach. Our risk analysis is then enriched within a multicriteria framework which integrates environmental, agronomic and economic objectives.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 04-009/3

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water ; Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy
• Subject: pesticides ; hazard and risk assessment ; risk indices ; decision support tools ; multicriteria analysis ; Pestizid ; Risikomanagement

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Travisi, Chiara Maria ; Nijkamp, Peter ; Vighi, Marco ; Giacomelli, Paolo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Tinbergen Institute
• (where): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86603
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