| PEST RISK ANALYSIS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM
FOR THE EU: (WORK PACKAGE 8) |
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The key objective of this Project is to produce science to further develop, refine and publish a
Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for P. ramorum for the EU.
Pest Risk Analysis: a background
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In general terms, PRA is split into risk assessment and risk management. Risk assessment is a
structured assessment of the risks of entry, establishment, spread and the potential socio-economic
and environmental impact posed by exotic plant pests and pathogens. Risk management defines whether
the risk posed by a pest is sufficient to warrant phytosanitary measures and what these should be.
Several countries including the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand and the United States
(Federal and State) have already conducted PRAs for P. ramorum based on existing data. Some examples
are provided in the reference list below. The European (UK/Netherlands) PRAs form the basis upon
which the existing emergency phytosanitary measures for P. ramorum for the EU have been implemented
since 2002.
The new PRA arising from RAPRA will provide fully-updated scientific information and a full analysis
of the risk of further entry, establishment and spread of P. ramorum in the EU. This will be based
upon new scientific data from Workpackages 1, 2, 3 and 4 and visualised by mapping the data highlighting
the areas of Europe most at risk. The analysis of the likely socioeconomic and environmental impact in
Workpackage 5 and the cost of any measures (derived from Workpackages 6 and 7) will be combined with the
assessed level of risk of entry, establishment and spread, to give updated advice on the appropriate level
of risk management.
Thus, all of the Project outputs will be combined and disseminated within the PRA to the EC Standing
Committee for Plant Health, to provide advice to EU plant health policymakers. The PRA could be used as
the basis to support and amend existing EC legislation for this organism.
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