Biosecurity - Prevention

Research focussed on keeping potentially destructive species out of Aotearoa.

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Integrating invasive species policies across ornamental horticulture supply chains to prevent plant invasions

Ornamental horticulture is the primary pathway for invasive alien plant introductions. We critically appraise published evidence on the effectiveness of four policy instruments that tackle…
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Troubling travellers: are ecologically harmful alien species associated with particular introduction pathways?

Prioritization of introduction pathways is seen as an important component of the management of biological invasions. We address whether established alien plants, mammals, freshwater fish…
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A Socioeconomic Research Plan for Evaluating Possible Interventions in New Zealand Biosecurity Networks

New Zealand has a range of institutional arrangements for responding to a biosecurity incursion, including interventions at points in human-assisted networks such as displaying public…
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Crossing Frontiers in Tackling Pathways of Biological Invasions

We review the state of the art, highlight recent advances, identify pitfalls and constraints, and discuss major challenges in four broad fields of pathway research…
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Natural area visitor network: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a natural area visitor network model.

The increased access of visitors into natural areas provides new routes for the entry of pathogens into places of high biodiversity value, and could facilitate…
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Plant nursery networks: Suitability of existing pathogen data and opportunities for new data collection to parameterise a plant nursery network model

The movement of live plants through professional nurseries is known to be an effective means to disseminate plant pathogens. The aim of the Biosecurity Network…
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Host, Pathogen & Environment

Looking at the role environmental factors play on disease expression and severity, pathogen spread and establishment, as well as investigating plant pathogen genomes.
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State-of-the-art Surveillance

Automation can improve biosecurity surveillance systems
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He Tangata, He Taiao, He Ōhanga

A values-based biosecurity risk assessment framework for Aotearoa.
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Biosecurity Network Interventions

The spread of pests, weeds and pathogens into Aotearoa is a major cause of the decline of its biological heritage. This includes profitability of agriculture,…
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