Pest 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.
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
C Devorshak, Risk Analyst, USDA-APHIS-PPQ