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EU funding (€4,746,139): Towards a SYstems-Based, holistic Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals (SYBERAC) Hor1 Jan 2024 EU Research and Innovation programme "Horizon"
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Towards a SYstems-Based, holistic Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals (SYBERAC)
TOWARDS A SYSTEM BASED, HOLISTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICALS (SYBERAC) Biodiversity is key to modern society, sustaining natural resources and providing essential ecosystem services. According to the UN Sustainable Development goals, the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity strategy and other European and national level Directives and strategic regulations, pollution is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss. The risks resulting from the use, release and effects of chemical on the environment is addressed in a plethora of EU-level Directives and regulatory strategies, each with specific (chemical) targets and protection aims. There is, however, concern that such a fragmented approach does alleviate the threats of chemicals to biodiversity and ecosystem services. To protect genetic and functional biodiversity from pollution impacts, a paradigm shift is needed. This transformation should move beyond the current fragmented Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) performed in specific regulatory silos, e.g., Plant Protection Products (PPPs)regulation for pesticides, REACH for industrial chemicals and Biocides framework for Biocidal chemicals, towards a harmonised and systems-based ERA applicable to all chemicals, species and land use functions. To make this advance, SYBERAC will provide ways forward to rationalise the current silo-based Protection Goals into high-level system-based Protection Goals and to operationalise their use within systems-based ERA robust and broadly applicable ERA structures. Six case studies, overarching different silos of current ERA will provide proof-of-concepts of the developed approaches. Based on targeted stakeholder engagement, in close cooperation with other relevant projects on the topic, results and outcomes will be disseminated towards a wide audience, including national and EU level regulatory institutions, industrial partners but also land managers, farmers and conservation bodies.
Funded Companies:
| Company name | Funding amount |
| UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | ? |
| Aarhus Universitet | €987,221 |
| Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas | €209,738 |
| Kemikalieinspektionen | €236,663 |
| Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid EN Milieu | €315,026 |
| Stichting Wageningen Research | €526,813 |
| Umweltbundesamt | €197,500 |
| Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha | €300,025 |
| Universidade de Coimbra | €407,986 |
| Universitaet Osnabrueck | €195,720 |
| Wageningen University | €990,573 |
| Yordas GmbH | €378,875 |
Source: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101135213
The filing refers to a past date, and does not necessarily reflect the current state. The current state is available on the following page: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford.