Occupational Risk Assessment in Native Rainforest Management (MIARforest)—Parameters Definition and Validation

Maintaining native rainforests as a sustainable ecosystem and their resilience to external pressures involves their economic profitability as a natural resource of unique and renewable products. For this purpose, new approaches have been developed and refined. This work seeks to contribute in this d...

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Published in:Sustainability 2023-04, Vol.15 (8), p.6794
Main Authors: Lima, Killian, Meira Castro, Ana C, Baptista, João Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident prevention
Biodiversity
Brazil
Economics
Exploitation
External pressure
Forest management
Forestry research
Forests
Forests and forestry
ISO standards
Methods
Natural resources
Occupational accidents
Occupational health
Occupational health and safety
Occupational safety
Performance management
Portugal
Rain forests
Rainforests
Risk assessment
Safety management
Sustainability
Sustainable ecosystems
Valuation
Workers
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Summary:Maintaining native rainforests as a sustainable ecosystem and their resilience to external pressures involves their economic profitability as a natural resource of unique and renewable products. For this purpose, new approaches have been developed and refined. This work seeks to contribute in this direction in the context of occupational safety and health (OSH) by presenting a new method for integrated assessment of risks for rainforests (MIARforest). The MIARforest is based on the MIAR, a method that has shown promising results in occupational risk assessment in different industrial sectors. Its parameters were discussed and assessed to improve their relevance, wording and risk assessment through the Delphi methodology by a panel of 62 experts in forestry and OSH who responded independently to questionnaires made available through Google Forms. A consensus of over 79% among the experts was reached in two rounds. This result highlights the high objectivity and the low percentage of dubious possible interpretations of the parameters and sub-parameters of this occupational risk assessment method.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15086794