Biosecurity – Control – Page 2 – Biological Heritage NZ

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Ecological State Assessment Tool (ESAT): a cross-cultural natural resource management tool from Aotearoa, New Zealand

A cross-cultural approach to conservation and natural resource management will enable resource managers to access the full potential of dual knowledge epistemologies and facilitate genuine…

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Experimental high-density trapping of social wasps: target kairomones for workers or gynes for drones?

Social wasps are amongst the most loathed exotic predators in New Zealand, with widespread adverse impacts on native ecosystems and fauna. Sustainable alternatives to pesticides…

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Characterising uncertainty in risk assessments for biological control: using case studies from New Zealand to inform future research

Areas of uncertainty in the assessment of risks and benefits in applications for new biological control agents submitted to the regulator for proposed introduction into…

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Approaches for estimating benefits and costs of interventions in plant biosecurity across invasion phases

Nonnative plant pests cause billions of dollars in damages. It is critical to prevent or reduce these losses by intervening at various stages of the…

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Oranga 2022

Oranga is a suite of kaupapa Māori projects that aim to restore the collective health of trees, forests and people. The team will do this…

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Conservation & Restoration 2022

It’s a huge challenge to conserve and restore kauri and native plants vulnerable to myrtle rust for future generations. It requires Te Ao Māori world…

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Myrtle Rust monitoring in Rotorua

We’re in the field with Roanne Sutherland from Scion, talking about monitoring myrtle rust. This plant pathogen arrived in Aotearoa in 2017 and has been…

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Host, Pathogen & Environment 2022

The ‘Host, Pathogen and Environment’ team is focusing on the ‘disease triangle’: host susceptibility, the pathogen and the right environment for disease expression. They are…

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The ‘Integrated Surveillance’ team is elevating the status of the environment into Aotearoa New Zealand’s biosecurity surveillance system. The environment-centric surveillance framework focuses on ensuring…

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Risk Assessment & Ecosystem Impacts 2022

We need to understand kauri dieback and myrtle rust better if we want to protect our ngahere. That’s why the goal of the ‘Risk Assessment…

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Myrtle rust found on mānuka seeds

Researchers have found the plant disease myrtle rust on mānuka seeds. RNZ spoke to Robert Beresford (Plant & Food Research).

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Newly-found myrtle rust putting Waitakere Ranges at risk

First, it was kauri dieback, now another disease is putting Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges under threat, myrtle rust has been found there for the first time.…

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