PROCEDURES FOR WEED RISK ASSESSMENT EWRS程序的杂草风险评估表.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE NEED FOR WEED RISK ASSESSMENT Ricardo Labrada 320.000 Species Species Coming from World Regions Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. Mediterranean Americas Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Near East Americas Rottboellia cochinchinensis(Lour.) Clayton Southeast Asia North and Central America and Caribbean Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M. King H. Robinson Central America and the Caribbean Africa South of Sahara, Asia Pacific Parthenium hysterophorus L. Central America and the Caribbean Ethiopia, South Asia Australia Prosopis juliflora L. North America Near East, East Southern Africa, Australia Eichhornia crassipes South America North and Central America and Caribbean Africa, Asia Pacific Examples of major weeds introduced in different regions Magnitude of the problem There are 260 000 plant species worldwide 10 000 are weeds 4 000 species have been exchanged among the continents (introduced as exotic weeds) One can assume that there are still 6 000 species waiting for their exchange (plants without any history as weeds out of their known natural habitat). What is weed risk assessment? Weed risk assessment (WRA) is the use of standard technical criteria to determine the relative weed threats posed by plant species (Virtue and Panetta, 2002). Such a risk assessment is normally based on pest risk analysis (PRA) prepared and accepted by the IPPC, which consists of three stages: initiating the process for analyzing risk assessing pest risk managing pest risk How to conduct weed risk assessment? Persons Pathways Habitats Plants Weed Risk Assessment Weed Risk Assessment is only one technical part of the pre-entry decision-making process Potential weed risks Potential economic benefits Risk benefits assessed Accept the risk Reject the risk Decision “Political Input” Pre-Entry Risk Assessment Content of the procedures The procedures for weed risk assessment are concerned primarily