Imperial College London
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Dr C M (Tilly) Collins

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Senior Teaching Fellow
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9301t.collins Website

 
 
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110aWeeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

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@article{QUINLAN:2022:10.20506/rst.41.1.3319,
author = {QUINLAN, MM and MUMFORD, JD and BENEDICT, MQ and WÄCKERS, F and OLIVA, CF and WOHLFARTER, M and SMAGGHE, G and VILA, E and KLAPWIJK, J and MICHAELAKIS, A and COLLINS, CM and PRUDHOMME, J and TORRES, G and DIAZ, F and SAUL-GERSHENZ, L and COOK, K and VERGHESE, A and SREERAMA, KUMAR P},
doi = {10.20506/rst.41.1.3319},
journal = {Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE},
pages = {219--227},
title = {Can there be a common, risk-based framework for decisions around live insect trade?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.20506/rst.41.1.3319},
volume = {41},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A network of scientists involved in shipment of live insects has met and generated a series of articles on issues relatedto live insect transport. The network is diverse, covering large-scale commercial interests, government operated areawide control programmes, biomedical research and many smaller applications, in research, education and privateuses. Many insect species have a record of safe transport, pose minimal risks and are shipped frequently betweencountries. The routine shipments of the most frequently used insect model organism for biomedical research,Drosophila melanogaster, is an example. Successful large-scale shipments from commercial biocontrol and pollinatorsuppliers also demonstrate precedents for low-risk shipment categories, delivered in large volumes to high qualitystandards. Decision makers need access to more information (publications or official papers) that details actual risksfrom the insects themselves or their possible contaminants, and should propose proportionate levels of management.There may be harm to source environments when insects are collected directly from the wild, and there may be harmhttps://doi.org/10.20506/rst.41.1.3319Scientific and Technical Review 41 (1) 2022 220to receiving environments. Several risk frameworks include insects and various international coordinating bodies,with experience of guidance on relevant risks, exist. All stakeholders would benefit from an integrated overview ofguidance for insect shipping, with reference to types of risk and categories of magnitude, without trying for a singleapproach requiring universal agreement. Proposals for managing uncertainty and lack of data for smaller or infrequent shipments, for example, must not disrupt trade in large volumes of live insects, which are already supportingstrategic objectives in several sectors.
AU  - QUINLAN,MM
AU  - MUMFORD,JD
AU  - BENEDICT,MQ
AU  - WÄCKERS,F
AU  - OLIVA,CF
AU  - WOHLFARTER,M
AU  - SMAGGHE,G
AU  - VILA,E
AU  - KLAPWIJK,J
AU  - MICHAELAKIS,A
AU  - COLLINS,CM
AU  - PRUDHOMME,J
AU  - TORRES,G
AU  - DIAZ,F
AU  - SAUL-GERSHENZ,L
AU  - COOK,K
AU  - VERGHESE,A
AU  - SREERAMA,KUMAR P
DO  - 10.20506/rst.41.1.3319
EP  - 227
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 0253-1933
SP  - 219
TI  - Can there be a common, risk-based framework for decisions around live insect trade?
T2  - Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.20506/rst.41.1.3319
UR  - https://doc.woah.org/dyn/portal/index.xhtml?page=alo&aloId=42731
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/98868
VL  - 41
ER  -
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