Nejvíce citovaný článek - PubMed ID 34809998
With the introduction of "Safe and Sustainable by Design" (SSbD), momentum is created in Europe to shift from the reactive (mis)management of chemicals and materials toward a more proactive design and assessment approach to preventing pollution issues. SSbD is expected to steer the innovation process toward a green and sustainable industrial transition, substitute or minimize the production and use of substances of concern, and minimize the impact on health and the environment throughout the chemical/material life cycle. The European Commission has recommended a framework for operationalizing SSbD, but many open questions remain regarding its feasibility and implementation. Our analysis suggests that despite its potential, the EU SSbD framework in its current form cannot deliver on set ambitions. Suitable assessment methods are not available in many cases, and the complexity and data requirements of SSbD may hinder widespread adoption or result in paralysis by analysis. Moving forward, a more realistic, agile framework, accompanied by clear, simplified methods, and robust support for stakeholders, should be developed to ensure that SSbD principles are fully integrated into practice, leading to truly safer and more sustainable chemicals and materials. We further highlight opportunities to address identified gaps, establish such a framework, and enhance its operationalization.
We identified 14 emerging and poorly understood threats and opportunities for addressing the global conservation of freshwater mussels over the next decade. A panel of 17 researchers and stakeholders from six continents submitted a total of 56 topics that were ranked and prioritized using a consensus-building Delphi technique. Our 14 priority topics fell into five broad themes (autecology, population dynamics, global stressors, global diversity, and ecosystem services) and included understanding diets throughout mussel life history; identifying the drivers of population declines; defining metrics for quantifying mussel health; assessing the role of predators, parasites, and disease; informed guidance on the risks and opportunities for captive breeding and translocations; the loss of mussel-fish co-evolutionary relationships; assessing the effects of increasing surface water changes; understanding the effects of sand and aggregate mining; understanding the effects of drug pollution and other emerging contaminants such as nanomaterials; appreciating the threats and opportunities arising from river restoration; conserving understudied hotspots by building local capacity through the principles of decolonization; identifying appropriate taxonomic units for conservation; improved quantification of the ecosystem services provided by mussels; and understanding how many mussels are enough to provide these services. Solutions for addressing the topics ranged from ecological studies to technological advances and socio-political engagement. Prioritization of our topics can help to drive a proactive approach to the conservation of this declining group which provides a multitude of important ecosystem services.
- Klíčová slova
- conservation, diversity, ecosystem services, freshwater mussel, horizon scan, mussel health, threats, unionid,
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- ekosystém * MeSH
- mlži * MeSH
- řeky MeSH
- sladká voda MeSH
- zachování přírodních zdrojů MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
