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ecological risk analysis  

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  • Ecological risk analysis (ERA) is a method used to analyze and describe the environmental impacts of a project, program, or policy with the aim of parameterizing the cause-effects chain in a structured but overall simplistic way. In most applications, ERA is directly combined with environmental risk assessment (ERAS). [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Ecological Risk Analysis]

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