Amy Brooks will be co-chairing a session at SETAC Seville in May 2024 on the topic of ‘Bird and mammal risk assessment: implementation of modern approaches in Europe‘.
Other co-chairs will be Apostolos Koutsaftis (ERM), Nico van den Brink (Wageningen University), and Stephanie Tokar (UPL).
The session outline can be found below:
The Guidance Document (GD) on the risk assessment for birds and mammals for pesticides has been published in February 2023 but has not yet been officially noted and therefore not used by risk managers in EU.
The purpose of the session proposed for SETAC EU 2024 is a follow-up of previous sessions (2019-2021, 2023) with a more targeted focus on the experiences & key points identified after one year from the publication of the new GD and the purpose of achieving a scientifically robust & uniform approach on the various challenging areas.
The GD contains topics which remain controversial and lack harmonization in interpretation among the relevant expert community (regulators, industry, CROs & academia). Presentations on complex (semi)field studies to improve study design, refine ecological parameters, modelling and use in regulatory risk assessments are welcome, particularly considering generic literature data likely being less acceptable. In a series of workshops, supported by the Wildlife Toxicology Interest Group of SETAC, state-of-the art methodologies and approaches were reviewed for their application in ERA which may facilitate the use of more specific environmentally relevant information.
The main objectives of this session would be to (1) comment on scientific and regulatory interpretation of overall proposals with a focus on lower and higher tier data and evaluation approaches (2) give stakeholders the opportunity to share results on higher tier study evaluations (3) serve as a platform to develop further joint initiatives contributing to better clarify and establish a unified practice (4) explore the usability of the GD outside the regulatory framework (e.g. field study designed to assess wildlife biodiversity)
The chairs have all sound experience with the use of this GD and are representative of different stakeholders (industry, academia, consultants).
We encourage everyone who is active in the realms of bird and mammal risk assessment to submit abstracts. You can submit your abstracts on the SETAC website within the abstract submission portal.
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