PEST RISK ANALYSIS (PRA) TRAINING Group Exercises Manual

PEST RISK ANALYSIS TRAINING - GROUP EXERCISES MANUAL GROUP EXERCISE NO. 3
GROUP EXERCISE NO. 3 – PEST RISK ANALYSIS
The objectives of a pest risk analysis (PRA) are, for a specified area, to identify pests
and/or pathways of quarantine concern and evaluate their risk; to identify
endangered areas; and, if appropriate, to identify risk management options. PRA is
defined by three stages, Initiation, Pest Risk Assessment and Pest Risk Management.
PRA is an iterative process. It need not be completed in a linear fashion, question by
question, but may be completed instead by inserting information in the appropriate
areas as it becomes available and revisiting questions again and again until adequate
information has been obtained and a comfort level is reached. Throughout this exercise,
you may find yourself jumping forward and going back to revisit questions. This is a
very important part of the PRA process.
Use the additional sources of information provided in Appendix 1 to complete the
following exercises (these may be divided up over several days):
Group Exercise 3.1 – Initiation, Categorisation and Probability of Introduction –
Entry
Group Exercise 3.2 – Pest Risk Assessment: Probability of Introduction –
Establishment and Spread
Group Exercise 3.3 – Pest Risk Assessment: Potential Economic Consequences
Group Exercise 3.4 – Pest Risk Assessment: Conclusions
Group Exercise 3.5 – Pest Risk Assessment: Peer Review
Group Exercise 3.6 – Pest Risk Management
Group Exercise 3.7 – Stakeholder Consultation
Document your findings and conclusions and state your sources of information.
PLEASE NOTE:
• The case example provided (including the company information, pest’s
biology, taxonomy, ecology and information about India and any other
country or region named) has been generated specifically for use in this
course. While much of the information is based on existing conditions, some
of it has been fabricated and as such, the material should not be considered
valid for use in actual analyses.
• The pest risk assessment template provided is based on ISPM No. 11: Pest
Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests, Including Analysis of Environmental
Risks and Living Modified Organisms (2004), and much of the text has been
extracted directly from that document. However, the template was designed
specifically for use as a training tool and is not an official IPPC standard.
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