探索加拿大土著社区的人类健康和生态风险评估的实践,挑战和优先事项
Katherine Chong1,2, Gordon M Hickey1, Hing Man Chan3
1Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Integrated environmental assessment and management
|April 19, 2024
概括
加拿大的土著社区面临环境污染物风险. 需要改进风险评估方法,纳入传统知识和更好的沟通,以有效应对这些挑战.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 风险评估 风险评估
- 土著研究土著研究.
背景情况:
- 加拿大的土著人民遭受不成比例的环境污染物暴露.
- 现有的风险评估框架往往缺乏与土著社区环境和传统食品系统的整合.
- 有一个公认的需要监管方法,考虑到土著社区的具体因素.
研究的目的:
- 了解加拿大土著社区当前的风险评估实践.
- 在不同行业中识别与传统风险评估方法相关的挑战.
- 探索土著社区对开发新风险评估方法的看法.
主要方法:
- 一项匿名混合方法调查分发给参与土著社区风险评估的利益相关者.
- 分析了38份已完成的回复,这些回复代表了包括土著政府,社区办公室,联邦/省政府和学术界在内的各个部门.
- 收集的数据包括当前的做法,传统方法的挑战,以及对新型评估策略的看法.
主要成果:
- 风险沟通被认为是最重要的挑战 (71%的受访者).
- 大多数受访者 (分别为86%,76%,86%) 报告说时间,成本和资源可用性是中等到严重的问题.
- 在需要改进风险评估方法方面,出现了强烈的共识 (76%总体,100%基于社区),很少有受访者知道新的方法方法 (16%).
结论:
- 风险评估的现代化需要推进累积风险评估方法.
- 加强风险沟通策略对于与土著社区有效接触至关重要.
- 促进土著领导力和整合传统知识对于开发相关和有效的环境健康风险评估至关重要.
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