Ecological risk assessments to guide decision-making: Methodology matters

Gerjan J. Piet, Antony M. Knights, Ruud H. Jongbloed, Jacqueline E. Tamis, Pepijn de Vries and Leonie A. Robinson

Environmental Science & Policy, 2017, vol. 68, issue C, 1-9

Abstract: Ecological risk assessment is often applied to guide the decision-making process that underpins ecosystem-based management and prioritisation of risk factors for management. Several studies have recently used ecological risk assessment approaches to identify risk factors of greatest concern, but rarely are the underlying methodological decisions discussed in terms of the effect that those decisions have on the outcome of the assessment and ultimately, how that affects prioritisation of risk factors for management.

Keywords: Ecosystem-based management; Exposure-effect; Sector; Pressure; Ecosystem component (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.11.009

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