Ecological Models for Regulatory Risk Assessments of Pesticides: Developing a Strategy for the Future

Bringing together more than thirty influential regulators, academics, and industry scientists, this volume provides a coherent, science-based view on ecological modeling for regulatory risk assessments. It discusses the benefits of modeling in the context of registrations, identifies the obstacles that prevent ecological modeling being used routinely in regulatory submissions, and explores the actions needed to overcome these obstacles. The book provides examples of ecological models applied to real-world decision making and presents various up-to-date approaches for assessing the ecological risks of plant protection products.

Pernille Thorbek is an ecological modeler at Syngenta.Valery E. Forbes is head of the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change and professor of aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology at Roskilde University.Volker Grimm is a senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and teaches at the University of Potsdam.Fred Heimbach is a consultant scientist at RIFCon GmbH.Udo Hommen is a senior scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute of Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology.Hans-Hermann Thulke is a senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ.Paul J. van den Brink is a professor of chemical stress ecology at Wageningen University and a senior research scientist at the Alterra research institute.Jorn Wogram is a biologist with Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA).