Scheduled Environmental Conference Focusing on Evaluating Threats to Pollinators and Vegetation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting an Environmental Modeling Public Meeting on October 18, 2017. This meeting serves as a platform for the EPA and its stakeholders to discuss and assess the environmental impacts of pesticides, with a particular focus on pollinators and plants.
The meeting agenda includes presentations on various modeling activities, aiming to evaluate the exposure and risk to these vital biological groups. Specific topics cover terrestrial and wetland plant exposure models, an evaluation of historical variability in seedling emergence and vegetative vigor control data, and a wide variety of terrestrial and aquatic pesticide exposure models.
Furthermore, pollinator presentations will address scientific issues related to managed and unmanaged bees, including colony simulations in a risk assessment context. These discussions are crucial for understanding the potential effects of pesticides and other pollutants on pollinator health and plant ecosystems.
The meeting also provides an opportunity to discuss air quality models and their ecological relevance, especially in relation to sensitive species like pollinators and plants. This could involve examining how environmental models estimate pollutant exposures or stressors affecting these biological groups, in line with the broader environmental risk assessments conducted by the EPA.
To join the meeting, interested parties can register by contacting Stephen Wente or Jessica Joyce. For more information about the meeting or to sign up for updates and abstract requests for future Environmental Modeling Public Meetings, please contact OPP_EMPM@our website. The deadline for requests to participate in the meeting is October 16, 2017.
This meeting aligns with the EPA's broader commitment to evaluating environmental stressors on key ecological entities through modeling efforts. For those interested in learning more about the meeting's specific topics, the official meeting notice provides further details.
- The Ecological Relevance of air quality models, as they pertain to sensitive species such as pollinators and plants, will also be discussed during the meeting, potentially involving examinations of how environmental models estimate pollutant exposures or stressors impacting these biological groups.
- Beyond addressing pollinator health and plant ecosystems, the Environmental Modeling Public Meeting, hosted by the EPA, will delve into various topics related to climate change and health-and-wellness, including the use of science in evaluating the environmental impacts of pesticides on terrestrial and wetland plant exposure models, as well as assessment of climate change implications on land and associated biodiversity.
